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Breeds
Disorders
Types of Disorders
How are defects inherited?
What is a genetic disorder?
Responsible breeding
Disorders
Inherited blood disorders
Canine cyclic hematopoiesis
Coagulation (bleeding) disorders
Hemophilia
Histiocytoma
Histiocytosis
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA)
Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia
Lymphedema
Phosphofructokinase (PFK) deficiency
Platelet dysfunction (thrombocytopathia, Basset hound thrombopathia)
Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency
Rare red blood cell abnormalities
von Willebrand's disease
Inherited cardiovascular disorders
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) (Boxer cardiomyopathy)
Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Mitral valve dysplasia
Mitral/tricuspid regurgitation due to myxomatous heart valve disease (page under development)
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Persistent right aortic arch ( vascular ring anomaly )
Portosystemic shunt
Pulmonic stenosis
Sick sinus syndrome
Subaortic stenosis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tricuspid valve dysplasia
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Inherited endocrine disorders
Diabetes mellitus
Growth hormone-responsive dermatosis; adrenal sex hormone responsive dermatosis
Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's syndrome)
Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's disease)
Hypothyroidism
Juvenile hyperparathyroidism
Mellitus
Pituitary dwarfism
Inherited eye disorders
Cataracts
Collie eye anomaly (CEA)
Corneal dystrophy
Dermoids
Ectropion
Entropion
Exposure keratopathy syndrome (exophthalmos, lagophthalmos, and/or macroblepharon)
Glaucoma
Imperforate lacrimal punctum
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) - "dry eye"
Lens luxation
Microphthalmia; ocular dysgenesis
Optic nerve hypoplasia and micropapilla
Pannus - chronic superficial keratitis
Persistent pupillary membranes (PPM)
Progressive retinal atrophy
Retinal dysplasia
Third eyelid (nictitating membrane) abnormalities - "cherry eye"
Inherited gastrointestinal disorders
Chronic hepatitis
Cleft lip/palate
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Gastric dilatation-volvulus
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy
Histiocytic ulcerative colitis
Hyperlipoproteinemia
Immunoproliferative (Basenji) enteropathy/lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis
Intestinal lymphangiectasia
Megaesophagus
Pancreatitis
Perianal fistula
Protein-losing enteropathy
Pyloric stenosis
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
Inherited immune disorders
Atopy
Bullous pemphigoid
Complement deficiency
Cyclic hematopoiesis
German shepherd pyoderma
Lupus erythematosus (systemic, cutaneous/discoid)
Pemphigus
Selective IgA deficiency
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Weimaraner immunodeficiency
Inherited musculoskeletal disorders
Cervical vertebral instability (Wobbler syndrome)
Craniomandibular osteopathy ("lion jaw")
Elbow dysplasia - OCD of the elbow
Hemivertebra
Hereditary myopathy - Labrador retriever/Bouviers des Flandres myopathy
Hip dysplasia
Intervertebral disk disease
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Masticatory muscle myositis - eosinophilic myositis
Myotonia
Odontoid process dysplasia
Osteochondrodysplasia - skeletal dwarfism
Panosteitis
Patellar luxation
X-linked muscular dystrophy
Inherited nervous system disorders
Cerebellar abiotrophy(ataxia)
Cerebellar hypoplasia
Chiari-like malformation (CM) and syringomyelia (SM)
Congenital deafness and vestibular disease
Deafness
Degenerative myelopathy
Globoid cell leukodystrophy (galactocerebrosidosis)
Hydrocephalus
Hypo-/dysmyelinogenesis ("shaking pup")
Idiopathic epilepsy
Laryngeal paralysis
Leukodystrophies
Lissencephaly
Lysosomal storage diseases
Meningitis
Myasthenia gravis
Myelodysplasia (spinal dysraphism)
Neuroaxonal dystrophy
Peripheral neuropathies
Scotty cramp
Shaker dog syndrome
Spina bifida
Spinal muscular atrophy/motor neuron diseases
Vertebral stenosis (associated with cauda equina syndrome)
Inherited respiratory disorders
brachycephalic syndrome
hypoplastic trachea
tracheal collapse
Inherited skin disorders
acanthosis nigricans
acral lick dermatitis (lick granuloma)
acral mutilation syndrome
canine acne
colour dilution alopecia
congenital hypotrichosis
Cutaneous asthenia (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)
cutaneous mucinosis
Dalmatian bronzing syndrome
Demodicosis/ Demodectic mange
Dermatomyositis and ulcerative dermatosis
dermoid sinus
ectodermal defect
epidermal dysplasia
epidermolysis bullosa
Fold dermatitis/pyoderma
Follicular dysplasias
footpad disorder in the German shepherd
ichthyosis
lethal acrodermatitis
lupoid dermatosis
Malassezia dermatitis/otitis
pattern baldness
psoriasiform-lichenoid dermatosis
Renal cystadenocarcinoma and nodular dermatofibrosis
Schnauzer comedo syndrome
sebaceous adenitis
seborrhea
vitamin A-responsive dermatosis
vitiligo
zinc-responsive dermatosis
Inherited disorders of the urinary and reproductive systems
Cryptorchidism, retained testicle
Disorders of sexual development - sexual reversal
Familial kidney disease
Fanconi syndrome
Urolithiasis (stones)