BURMESE CAT CLUB KITTEN DATA SURVEY 2013 2015
BURMESE CAT CLUB KITTEN DATA SURVEY 2013 -2015
PURPOSE OF BCC KITTEN DATA SURVEY • To continually monitor the health of the breed – we need a starting point. Not trying to prove or disprove anything. • Mainly anecdotal evidence was available • Need for some baseline statistics so we can monitor any negative long term changes • Average birth weights, litter sizes, no. of C-sections, no. of stillbirths, FCK? kitten mortality - all are useful indicators of the overall health of the breed. • Will imported genes make a difference? • More data means more reliable overall statistics. Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club
Litter Data 2013 -2015 Litters in Survey 2013 -2015 2013 2014 2015 23 18 LITTERS Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club 18
Litter Data 2013 -2015 Number of kittens in Survey 255 kittens over 3 years Male Female 120 100 Kittens male/female 44 80 60 34 44 40 65 20 39 29 0 Female Male 2013 44 65 2014 34 39 Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club 2015 44 29
Average Birth Weights (grams) 2013 2014 2015 100, 00 90, 00 80, 00 Weight in grams 70, 00 60, 00 50, 00 40, 00 30, 00 20, 00 10, 00 MALE FEMALE 1 88, 00 85, 70 2 89, 00 87, 90 Average weights overall 2013 -15 Male – 88. 6 g Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club 3 89, 00 80, 00 Female – 84. 5 g
Average litter size 2013 -2015 Average litter size 2013 - 2015 6 Live Kittens per litter 5 4 3 2 1 0 Average No. live kittens 1 5, 08 2 3, 84 3 4, 34 Overall average litter size 2013 -2015 ≈ 4. 4 live kittens per litter Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club
Litter size by month of birth Average litter size (live kittens) by month 2013 -15 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Live kittens per litter Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club Sept Oct Nov Dec
Birth weight by month of birth Birth weights by month 2013 -15 Average birth weights male and female 100, 7 93, 80 96, 20 91, 80 83, 60 90, 20 83, 00 84, 10 82, 00 88, 00 75, 8 0, 00 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club Oct Nov Dec
% Kittens with FCK by Year 2013 -2015 Percentage of kittens born with FCK 2013 - 2015 8, 00 6, 84 7, 00 % kittens with FCK 6, 00 5, 57 5, 50 5, 00 4, 00 3, 00 2, 00 1, 00 0, 00 % kittens with FCK 1 5, 50 2 6, 84 3 5, 57 Overall % FCK kittens over 3 years = 5. 97% Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club
Overall % stillborn kittens by Year 2013 - 2015 Percentage of kittens stillborn 2013 -2015 25, 00 21, 05 % of kittens stillborn 20, 00 15, 00 12, 50 10, 00 9, 60 5, 00 0, 00 % kittens stillborn 1 9, 60 2 21, 05 Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club 3 12, 50
C – section rates per year 2013 - 2015 % C - Sections 2013 - 2015 18, 00% 16, 00% C sections/litter 14, 00% 12, 00% 10, 00% 8, 00% 6, 00% 4, 00% 2, 00% 0, 00% % C - Sections 1 0, 00% 2 16, 70% 3 16, 70% OVERALL C-SECTION RATE OVER 3 YEARS - 11. 13% Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club
HOW BURMESE BREEDERS CAN CONTRIBUTE • Weigh kittens at birth (in grams please!) – note any with FCK, stillbirths, bad hernias, other serious faults etc • Weigh kittens again at 12 weeks • Fill in both data survey forms – post or email to Mrs Dell (both together if sent anonymously) • Anonymous data is fine. Breeder’s name or Prefix are not required and completely optional • Reluctance to divulge information about poor litters can sway statistics – important that we receive this data to get more accurate statistics • We are NOT concerned with individual breeders but the OVERALL breed health . Burmese Cat Club Kitten Data Survey Copyright Burmese Cat Club
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