DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Aortic Stenosis Organ System: Cardiovascular One of the most common congenital heart disorders in dogs. It is a defect of the valve dividing the lower...
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Chronic Valvular Disease Organ System: Cardiovascular The most common canine heart disease, commonly affecting small breeds in their older age. Damaged valves dividing the heart...
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Organ System: Cardiovascular A serious nervous system disorder caused by the hereditary metabolic anomaly. Affected dogs are missing an enzyme that removes harmful...
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Cerebellar & Extrapyramidal Abiotrophy Organ System: Cardiovascular Parts of the brain and spinal chord that control movement and coordination deteriorate prematurely. This anomaly is inherited...
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Cell-mediated Immunodeficiency Organ System: Cardiovascular An inherited condition of impaired ability to fight diseases. Affected puppies produce abnormal T-lymphocytes; white blood cells specialized to fight...
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Carotid Body Tumors Organ System: Cardiovascular Usually a benign tumour affecting the specialized chemoreceptor tissue inside of the carotid arteries in the neck. It grows...
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Aortic Body Tumors Organ System: Cardiovascular Cancer of the small organ in aorta (near the heart) that regulates the blood pressure. It interferes with the...
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Chronic Hepatitis Organ System: Cardiovascular Chronic hepatitis is the collective name for a group of liver disorders characterized by inflammation and death of liver tissue....
DefinitionBreeds AffectedDisease Author and Researcher Species: Dog Condition: Autoimmune Thrombocytopoenia Organ System: Cardiovascular A very serious blood disorder where the body's immune system recognizes its own platelets as foreign and destroys them. Blood...