Allergen testing offers an additional level of assurance to both catteries and pet owners. Allergen levels should not be the first quality for selection of breeding Siberians, but this unique characteristic should be maintained in the breed.

Please Do Not Test Kittens.  Feline allergens increase with age, so testing kittens is not accurate or effective.  Breeding cats should be a minimum of nine months of age before testing allergen levels.  Our studies show that low allergen parents have a good tendency of produce low-allergen kittens.

SRI has developed excellent methods for testing with fur or saliva.  We have also agreed to a shared research project with Dr. Lyons in an effort to study hypoallergenic Siberians and look for the genes involved.

Detailed testing instructions and assistance are offered free to SRI  members. Access to testing information and forms.

1. The completed forms, samples and a check are mailed directly to Indoor Biotech.  For each sample, the lab charges:

   US - $40    EU - €50    UK - £35

2. Indoor Biotech will send your results directly to you. We are willing to help interpret results and offer breed comparisons. All individual cattery results will remain fully confidential.
3. Participating catteries will be asked to submit DNA to UC Davis for ongoing research into Siberian Fel d1. 

We offer the following information as a courtesy to catteries who wish to test their cats for allergen levels, but do not wish to become SRI members. Please note: SRI provides testing methods and support to member catteries only.

Forms for independent testing are available from Indoor Biotechnologies at: http://www.inbio.com/IBI/AllergenAnalysis.html

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