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More About This Title Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats, 3rd Edition
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Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats, Third Edition provides a comprehensive exploration of current knowledge of breed predispositions based on rigorous examination of primary research.
- Incorporates the latest research, new testing methods, and newly-discovered predispositions and diseases
- Provides expanded information on genetics, epidemiology, and longevity
- Includes key characteristics of diseases, including pathogenesis, genetics, risks, and common presentations
- Indexes dogs and cats by breed, with listings of common inherited and predisposed disorders organized by body system
- Includes absolute and relative frequency/occurrence data for conditions, along with references to further information
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The authors
Alex Gough, MA, VetMB, CertSAM, CertVC, PG Cert (Neuroimaging), MRCVS, is Head of Referrals at Bath Veterinary Referrals, Bath, UK. He is Vice Chair of the Clinical Board of a large veterinary group and author of numerous veterinary books, chapters and articles.
Alison Thomas, BVSc, CertSAM, MRCVS, is Senior Vet at the Blue Cross Animal Hospital in Victoria, London, UK. She holds the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate and has been awarded Advanced Practitioner status in Small Animal Medicine.
Dan O'Neill, MVB BSc(hons) GPCert(SAP) GPCert(FelP) GPCert(Derm) GPCert(B&PS) MSc(VetEpi) PhD MRCVS, is Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Epidemiology at the Royal Veterinary College in London, UK. He is a leader on the VetCompassTM Programme and prolific writer.
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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 Español 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
Jämthund 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
Kromfohrländer 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
Münsterländer – 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
