Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats

Author Biographies xi Foreword xiii Preface xv Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 Basic and Clinical Genetics 1 Epidemiology 7 Longevity 10 Methods 14 Part I: Dog Breeds 17 Affenpinscher 19 Afghan Hound 19 African Boerboel 20 Airedale Terrier 20 Akbash 21 Akita Inu 21 Alaskan Husky 21 Alaskan Klee Kai 21 Alaskan Malamute 21 Alsatian 22 American Bulldog 22 American Cocker Spaniel 22 American Eskimo 22 American Pit Bull Terrier 22 American Staffordshire Terrier 23 Anatolian Shepherd Dog 24 Australian Cattle Dog 24 Australian Kelpie 25 Australian Shepherd Dog 25 Australian Silky Terrier 26 Australian Terrier 27 Basenji 27 Basset Hound 28 Beagle 29 Bearded Collie 31 Beauceron 32 Bedlington Terrier 32 Belgian Shepherd Dog 32 Berger Blanc Suisse 32 Bernese Mountain Dog 33 Bichon Frise 34 Bloodhound 35 Bolognese 36 Bolonka Zwetna 36 Border Collie 36 Border Terrier 38 Borzoi 38 Boston Terrier 39 Bouvier Des Flandres 40 Boxer 41 Boykin Spaniel 46 Briard 46 British Bulldog 46 Brittany Spaniel 46 Brussels Griffon 47 Buhund 47 Bull Terrier 47 Bull Terrier - Miniature 48 Bulldog - American 49 Bulldog - English 49 Bullmastiff 51 Cairn Terrier 52 Cane Corso 53 Catahoula Leopard Dog 53 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 54 Chesapeake Bay Retriever 56 Chihuahua 56 Chin 57 Chinese Crested Dog 58 Chinese Shar Pei 58 Chow Chow 58 Clumber Spaniel 59 Cocker Spaniel 60 Collies - Rough and Smooth 64 Coonhound 66 Corgi 66 Coton De Tulear 66 Curly?Coated Retriever 67 Dachshund 67 Dalmatian 70 Dandie Dinmont Terrier 72 Danish Chicken Dog 72 Danish/Swedish Farmdog 72 Deerhound 72 Deutscher Wachtelhund 72 Dobermann Pinscher 72 Dogo Argentino 76 Dogue De Bordeaux 77 Dutch Partridge Dog 77 Dutch Sheepdog 77 Dutch Spaniel 77 Elkhound 77 English Bulldog 77 English Cocker Spaniel 78 English Setter 78 English Shepherd 79 English Springer Spaniel 79 English Toy Spaniel 79 Entlebucher Mountain Dog 79 Eskimo Dog 79 Estrela Mountain Dog 80 Finnish Hound 80 Finnish Lapphund 80 Finnish Spitz 80 Flat?Coated Retriever 80 Fox Terrier 81 Foxhound 83 French Alpine Mastiff 83 French Bulldog 83 French Mastiff 85 French Spaniel 85 Frisian Water Dog 85 Galgos Espanol 85 German Pinscher 85 German Shepherd Dog 85 German Spaniel 93 Glen of Imaal Terrier 93 Golden Retriever 93 Gordon Setter 99 Grand Bleu De Gascogne Hound 100 Great Dane 100 Great Pyrenees 104 Greater Swiss Mountain Dog 104 Greyhound 104 Greyhound - Spanish 107 Griffon Bruxellois 107 Hamilton Hound 107 Havanese 108 Hokkaido 108 Hovawart 108 Hungarian Kuvasz 109 Hungarian Puli 110 Hungarian Vizsla 110 Hungarian Water Dog 111 Husky 111 Irish Red and White Setter 111 Irish Setter 111 Irish Terrier 113 Irish Water Spaniel 114 Irish Wolfhound 114 Italian Greyhound 116 Italian Mastiff 116 Italian Spinone 116 Jack Russell Terrier 117 Jamthund 119 Japanese Akita Inu 119 Japanese Chin 121 Japanese Shiba Inu 121 Japanese Tosa 121 Jindo 122 Keeshond 122 Kelpie 123 Kerry Blue Terrier 123 King Charles Spaniel 123 Klee Kai 124 Kooiker Dog 124 Korean Jindo 124 Kromfohrlander 124 Kuvasz 124 Labrador Retriever 124 Lakeland Terrier 131 Lancashire Heeler 131 Lapland Reindeer Dog 131 Lapphund 131 Leonberger 131 Lhasa Apso 132 Lowchen 134 Mah Thai 134 Malamute 134 Maltese 134 Manchester Terrier 136 Mastiff 136 Mastiff (Unspecified) 136 Mcnab Shepherd 137 Mexican Hairless 138 Miniature Bull Terrier 138 Miniature Pinscher 138 Mountain Dog 139 Munsterlander - Pointer 139 Neapolitan Mastiff 139 New Zealand Huntaway 140 Newfoundland 140 Norfolk Terrier 142 Norwegian Buhund 143 Norwegian Elkhound 143 Norwegian Lundehund 144 Norwegian Sheepdog 144 Norwich Terrier 145 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever 145 Ogar Polski 146 Old English Mastiff 146 Old English Sheepdog 146 Otterhound 147 Papillon 147 Parson Russell Terrier 148 Pekingese 149 Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen 150 Phu Quoc Ridgeback 151 Pinscher - Miniature 151 Pointer 151 Polish Hound 154 Polish Lowland Sheepdog 154 Pomeranian 154 Poodle (Unspecified Variant) 156 Poodle - Miniature 158 Poodle - Standard 161 Poodle - Toy 162 Portuguese Podengo Pequeno 164 Portuguese Water Dog 164 Presa Canario 165 Pug 165 Puli 168 Pyrenean Mountain Dog 168 Pyrenean Shepherd 169 Rat Terrier 170 Red and White Setter 170 Red Kelpie 170 Red Setter 170 Retriever 170 Rhodesian Ridgeback 170 Rottweiler 172 Rough Collie 177 Russian Black Terrier 177 St Bernard 177 Saluki 179 Samoyed 179 Savoy Sheepdog 180 Schapendoes 180 Schipperke 181 Schnauzer (Unspecified Variant) 181 Schnauzer - Giant 181 Schnauzer - Miniature 183 Schnauzer - Standard 187 Scottish Deerhound 187 Scottish Terrier 188 Sealyham Terrier 190 Sennenhund 190 Shar Pei 190 Shetland Sheepdog 192 Shiba Inu 195 Shih Tzu 195 Siberian Husky 198 Silken Windhound 199 Silky Terrier 199 Skye Terrier 199 Sloughi 200 Smooth Collie 200 Soft?Coated Wheaten Terrier 200 Spanish Greyhound 201 Spanish Mastiff 201 Spanish Water Dog 201 Spinone Italiano 201 Springer Spaniel 201 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 204 Staffordshire Bull Terrier - American 206 Sussex Spaniel 206 Swedish Cattle Dog 206 Swedish Elkhound 206 Swedish Farmdog 207 Swedish Lapphund 207 Swedish Vallhund 207 Swiss Mountain Dog 207 Tenterfield Terrier 208 Thai Ridgeback 208 Tibetan Mastiff 208 Tibetan Spaniel 209 Tibetan Terrier 209 Tosa 210 Treeing Walker Coonhound 210 Turkish Shepherd Dog 210 Vallhund 211 Vizsla 211 Vorstehhund 211 Wachtelhund 211 Weimaraner 211 Welsh Corgi 213 Welsh Springer Spaniel 214 Welsh Terrier 214 West Highland White Terrier 215 Wetterhoun 218 Whippet 218 White Swiss Shepherd Dog 219 Wolfhound - Irish 220 Wolfspitz 220 Yorkshire Terrier 220 Part II: Cat Breeds 225 Abyssinian 227 American Shorthair 229 Asian 229 Australian Mist 229 Balinese 229 Bengal 230 Birman 231 British Shorthair 232 Burmese 233 Chartreux 236 Chinchilla 236 Colourpoint Persian 236 Cornish Rex 236 Devon Rex 236 Egyptian Mau 237 European Shorthair 237 Exotic Shorthair 238 Foreign Shorthair 238 Foreign White 238 Havana Brown 238 Himalayan 239 Japanese Bobtail 240 Javanese 240 Korat 240 La Perm 241 Maine Coon 241 Manx 242 Norwegian Forest Cat 243 Ocicat 244 Oriental Shorthair 244 Persian 245 Ragdoll 247 Russian Blue 249 Savannah 249 Scottish Fold 249 Seychellois 249 Siamese 249 Siberian Forest Cat 253 Singapura 253 Snowshoe 253 Somali 254 Sphynx 254 Tonkinese 255 Turkish Angora 255 Turkish Van 255 Part III: Disease Descriptions 257 References 305