Breed health registries that track and publish health outcomes enable evidence-based breeding decisions and hold breed clubs and breeders accountable for health improvement.
Breed health registries transform anecdotal breed health knowledge into systematic, comparable data that enables genuine evidence-based breeding selection. Without health registries, breeders cannot know whether their breeding decisions are improving or worsening breed health — and consumers cannot make informed choices. Transparent, publicly accessible health data creates accountability for breed clubs, breeders and kennel clubs that breeds with documented high disease burden cannot escape. Supporting and using these registries is an important welfare contribution.