Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
	Basic genetics	3
Pt. I	Dogs	9
	Affenpinscher	11
	Afghan hound	11
	Airedale terrier	12
	Alaskan malamute	13
	American Staffordshire terrier	14
	American water spaniel	15
	Australian cattle dog	15
	Australian kelpie	15
	Australian shepherd dog	16
	Basenji	16
	Basset hound	17
	Beagle	19
	Bearded collie	23
	Beauceron	23
	Bedlington terrier	23
	Belgian shepherd dog	24
	Belgian tervuren	24
	Bernese mountain dog	25
	Bichon Frise	26
	Bloodhound	28
	Border collie	28
	Border terrier	29
	Borzoi	29
	Boston terrier	30
	Bouvier des Flandres	32
	Boxer	33
	Boykin spaniel	37
	Briard	37
	Brittany spaniel	37
	Bulldog (English)	38
	Bull mastiff	41
	Bull terrier	42
	Cairn terrier	43
	Carnelian bear dog	44
	Cavalier King Charles spaniel	44
	Chesapeake Bay retriever	45
	Chihuahua	46
	Chinese crested dog	47
	Chow chow	47
	Clumber spaniel	49
	Cocker spaniel	49
	Collies (rough and smooth)	54
	Coonhound	58
	Curly-coated retriever	58
	Dachshund	58
	Dalmatian	63
	Dandie Dinmont terrier	64
	Dobermann	64
	Dogue de Bordeaux	68
	Dutch kooiker	68
	English setter	68
	Eskimo dog	69
	Field spaniel	69
	Finnish spitz	69
	Flat-coated retriver	69
	Foxhound	70
	Fox terrier	70
	French bulldog	71
	German shepherd dog (GSD)	72
	Golden retriever	79
	Gordon setter	83
	Great dane	84
	Greyhound	86
	Griffon Bruxellois	88
	Harrier hound	88
	Havanese	88
	Hungarian puli	88
	Hungarian vizsla	89
	Ibizan hound	89
	Irish red and white setter	89
	Irish setter	89
	Irish terrier	91
	Irish water spaniel	92
	Irish wolfhound	92
	Italian greyhound	93
	Jack Russell terrier	94
	Japanese akita	94
	Japanese chin	95
	Keeshond	96
	Kerry blue terrier	96
	King Charles spaniel (English toy spaniel)	97
	Komondor	98
	Kuvasz	98
	Labrador retriever	98
	Lakeland terrier	102
	Lancashire heeler	103
	Lapland dog	103
	Leonberger	103
	Lhasa Apso	103
	Lowchen	105
	Lundehund	105
	Lurcher	105
	Maltese	105
	Manchester terrier	106
	Mastiff	106
	Mexican hairless	107
	Miniature bull terrier	107
	Miniature pinscher	107
	Munsterlander	108
	Neapolitan mastiff	108
	Newfoundland	108
	Norfolk terrier	109
	Norwegian buhund	110
	Norwegian elkhound	110
	Norwich terrier	111
	Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever	111
	Old English sheepdog	111
	Otterhound	113
	Papillon	113
	Parson Russell terrier	113
	Pekingese	113
	Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen	115
	Pointers	115
	Polish lowland sheepdog	118
	Pomeranian	118
	Poodle	119
	Portugese water dog	124
	Pug	124
	Pyrenean mountain dog	126
	Red kelpi	126
	Rhodesian ridgeback	126
	Rottweiler	127
	St. Bernard	129
	Saluki	131
	Samoyed	131
	Schipperke	133
	Schauzer	133
	Scottish deerhound	137
	Scottish terrier	137
	Sealyham terrier	139
	Shar Pei	139
	Shetland sheepdog	140
	Shih Tzu	143
	Siberian husky	145
	Silky terrier	146
	Skye terrier	147
	Soft-coated Wheaten terrier	147
	Springer spaniel	148
	Staffordshire bull terrier	151
	Sussex spaniel	151
	Swedish lapland	152
	Tibetan mastiff	152
	Tibetan spaniel	152
	Tibetan terrier	152
	Weimaraner	153
	Welsh corgi	154
	Welsh terrier	155
	West Highland white terrier	155
	Whippet	158
	Yorkshire terrier	158
Pt. II	Cats	161
	Abyssinian	163
	American short hair	164
	Balinese	164
	Birman	164
	British short hair	165
	Burmese	165
	Cornish and Devon Rex	166
	Domestic long hair	166
	Domestic short hair	167
	Egyptian mau	168
	Havana brown	169
	Himalayan	169
	Korat	169
	Maine coon	170
	Manx	170
	Norwegian forest	170
	Oriental	170
	Persian	170
	Ragdoll	172
	Scottish fold	172
	Siamese	172
	Somali	175
	Tonkinese	176
Pt. III	Disease summaries	177
	Cardiovascular conditions	179
	Dermatological conditions	183
	Endocrine conditions	190
	Gastrointestinal conditions	192
	Haematological/immunological conditions	196
	Infectious conditions	199
	Musculoskeletal conditions	200
	Neoplastic conditions	208
	Neurological conditions	212
	Ocular conditions	219
	Renal and urinary conditions	224
	Reproductive conditions	227
	Respiratory conditions	228
	Sources	231
App	Details of some organizations running surveillance schemes for inherited diseases	235