/b/veterinary-news/posts/new-book-about-congenital-problems-in-pedigree-dogs Emma Milne MRCVS, the erstwhile TV vet turned author and welfare campaigner has published Picking a Pedigree? a new book written to help people buy healthy cats and dogs and avoid the health problems and associated veterinary bills associated with certainen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/new-book-about-congenital-problems-in-pedigree-dogsFri, 07 Dec 2018 11:02:59 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:59a9b5da-f28b-4be5-906a-d29e33331571Chris Geddes0<p>Much better ;-)</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=140971&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/new-book-about-congenital-problems-in-pedigree-dogsFri, 07 Dec 2018 10:54:27 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:59a9b5da-f28b-4be5-906a-d29e33331571Arlo Guthrie0<p>[mention:4fc85341026e484f80c9a0aefb7d87b6:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] Doh - in my defence, the press release went a bit congenital. But how about the new headline? Better?</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=140971&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/new-book-about-congenital-problems-in-pedigree-dogsFri, 07 Dec 2018 10:46:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:59a9b5da-f28b-4be5-906a-d29e33331571Chris Geddes0<p>Sorry to be pedantic, but the headline....the book is about inherited diseases, not congenital diseases, is it not? A congenital disease is any that is present at birth, whether related to genetics or not. &nbsp;An inherited disease is related to genetics, whether present at birth or not. Related (as often inherited diseases are congenital), but by no means the same thing...</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=140971&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">