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Breed Specific Health Concerns

Dogs

Each year the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) polls breed parent clubs about their top health concerns and research interests. The primary purpose of this poll is to give researchers information about the health priorities of each of the parent clubs. Additionally, the poll results can be helpful for prospective pet owners because they indicate what diseases affect each breed or are of greatest concern to owners of a breed. It is important to remember that any dog can come down with a particular disease. And a particular dog can be very healthy throughout life even if specific diseases are listed as concerns for the breed. Finally, our poll is not scientific. It represents the opinions of one or a group of representatives from the breed's parent club.

Breed

M

Myostatin Deficiency: Whippet

N

Nephritis: Miniature Bull Terrier

Neuraxonal Dystrophy: Papillon

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses: Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Tibetan Terrier

Nocardia: Brittany

Noise Phobia: Australian Shepherd, Bearded Collie, Border Collie, English Foxhound, Irish Water Spaniel, Otterhound, Tibetan Mastiff, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

O

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Border Collie, Bull Terrier

Ocular Melanosis: Cairn Terrier

Osteoarthritis: American Eskimo Dog, American Foxhound, Bearded Collie, Bernese Mountain Dog, Border Collie, Chinook, Dalmatian, Mastiff, Norwegian Elkhound, Shiba Inu, Welsh Springer Spaniel, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Osteochondritis Dissecans: Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Beauceron, Great Dane, Leonberger, Newfoundland

Osteosarcoma: Afghan Hound, Akita, Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Bloodhound, Borzoi, Briard, Bullmastiff, Collie, Curly-Coated Retriever, Doberman Pinscher, Dogue de Bordeaux, Flat-Coated Retriever, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Greyhound, Irish Setter, Irish Wolfhound, Leonberger, Mastiff, Newfoundland, Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Spinone

Otitis Externa: Beagle, Glen of Imaal Terrier, Otterhound, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

P

Pancreatic Acinar Atrophy: Basenji, German Shepherd Dog, Great Dane

Pancreatitis: Australian Terrier, Borzoi, Maltese, Miniature Schnauzer, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Samoyed, Yorkshire Terrier

Parvovirus: Tibetan Mastiff

Patellar Luxation: Affenpinscher, Australian Cattle Dog, Australian Terrier, Bichon Frise, Border Terrier, Boston Terrier, Boykin Spaniel, Brussels Griffon, Cairn Terrier, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chihuahua, Chinese Crested, Chinese Shar-Pei, Chow Chow, Dachshund, English Cocker Spaniel, English Toy Spaniel, Finnish Spitz, Flat-Coated Retriever, Giant Schnauzer, Glen of Imaal Terrier, Great Pyrenees, Havanese, Italian Greyhound, Japanese Chin, Keeshond, Lakeland Terrier, Miniature Pinscher, Miniature Poodle, Norfolk Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Papillon, Parson Russell Terrier, Poodle, Puli, Pyrenean Shepherd, Schipperke, Shiba Inu, Silky Terrier, Smooth Fox Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Standard Poodle, Tibetan Spaniel, Tibetan Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier, Wire Fox Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier

Patent Ductus Arteriosus: English Toy Spaniel, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Pyrenean Shepherd, Shetland Sheepdog, Sussex Spaniel

Periodontal Disease: Beagle, Brussels Griffon, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chinese Crested, English Springer Spaniel, Italian Greyhound, Miniature Schnauzer, Papillon, Schipperke, Silky Terrier

Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous: Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Pigmentary Keratitis: Pug, Shih Tzu

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