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The most popular breeds tend to have the most disorders listed because there is a larger number of dogs affected, and therefore more opportunity to recognize a breed predisposition to a particular disorder. As well, indiscriminate breeding is more likely to occur in these breeds, leading to a higher incidence of inherited disorders. In less common or newer breeds, there may be no disorders listed or the list of disorders may be quite short, because it can take some time before enough dogs are affected to recognize an inherited disorder.
This is not a comprehensive list of every suspect inherited disorder that has ever been reported in each breed, but instead is an attempt to provide a list of inherited disorders for each breed, on which there is consensus among veterinarians and other experts that these are significant in that breed.
See also: Listing of genetic disorders by type
A
Affenpinscher
Afghan hound
Airedale terrier
Akbash dog
Akita
Alaskan malamute
American bulldog
American pit bull terrier
American Staffordshire terrier
American water spaniel
Australian cattle dog
Australian kelpie
Australian shepherd
Australian terrier
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B
Basenji
Basset Griffon Vendeen
Basset hound
Beagle
Bearded collie
Bedlington terrier
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Tervuren
Belgian sheepdog
Bernese mountain dog
Bichon frise
Black and tan coonhound
Bloodhound
Bluetick coonhound
Border collie
Border terrier
Borzoi
Boston terrier
Bouvier des Flandres
Boxer
Briard
Brittany
Brussels Griffon
Bull terrier
Bull terrier, miniature
Bulldog
Bullmastiff
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C
Cairn terrier
Canaan dog
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chesapeake Bay retriever
Chihuahua
Chinese shar-pei
Chow chow
Clumber spaniel
Cocker spaniel, American
Cocker spaniel, English
Collie (rough and smooth)
Curly-coated retriever
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D
Dachshund
Dalmatian
Dandie Dinmont terrier
Doberman pinscher
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E
English bulldog
English cocker spaniel
English foxhound
English setter
English springer spaniel
English toy spaniel
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F
Field spaniel
Finnish spitz
Flat-coated retriever
Fox terrier, smooth
Fox terrier, wire
French bulldog
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G
German shepherd
German shorthaired pointer
German wirehaired pointer
Giant schnauzer
Golden retriever
Gordon setter
Great Dane
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss mountain dog
Greyhound
Greyhound, Italian
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H
Harrier
Havenese
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I
Ibizan hound
Irish setter
Irish terrier
Irish water spaniel
Irish wolfhound
Italian greyhound
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J
Jack Russell terrier
Japanese Chin
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K
Karelian bear dog
Keeshond
Kerry blue terrier
Komondor
Kuvasz
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L
Labrador retriever
Lakeland terrier
Lhasa apso
Lowchen
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M
Maltese
Manchester terrier
Mastiff
Miniature bull terrier
Miniature schnauzer
Miniature pinscher
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N
Neapolitan mastiff
Newfoundland
Norfolk terrier
Norwegian elkhound
Norwich terrier
Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever
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O
Old English sheepdog
Otterhound
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P
Papillon
Pekingese
Pharaoh hound
Plott hound
Pointer (English pointer)
Pomeranian
Poodle, toy, miniature, standard
Portuguese water dog
Pug
Puli
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R
Redbone coonhound
Rhodesian ridgeback
Rottweiler
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S
Saint Bernard
Saluki
Samoyed
Schipperke
Schnauzer, giant
Schnauzer, miniature
Schnauzer, standard
Scottish deerhound
Scottish terrier
Sealyham terrier
Shar-pei
Shetland sheepdog
Shiba Inu
Shih tzu
Siberian husky
Silky terrier
Skye terrier
Soft coated wheaten terrier
Staffordshire bull terrier
Sussex spaniel
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T
Tibetan spaniel
Tibetan terrier
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V
Vizsla
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W
Weimaraner
Welsh Corgi,Cardigan
Welsh Corgi,Pembroke
Welsh springer spaniel
Welsh terrier
West Highland white terrier
Whippet
Wirehaired pointing griffon
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Y
Yorkshire Terrier
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This database is funded jointly by the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association.
Copyright © 1998 Canine Inherited Disorders Database. All rights reserved.
Revised: December 29, 2004 .
