Disorders by Breed - German shepherd dog
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- The LIDA catalogue reports congenital and hereditary disorders found in pure-bred dogs as well as common conditions thought to have genetic origins because their frequency is higher than expected in certain breeds.
- The inherited disorders listed on the web-site were sourced from the Online Mendelian Inheritance of Animals database.
- New disorders are reported with regularity and while LIDA attempts to keep up-to-date with such reports it cannot guarantee that its content is complete and current.
- The importance of disorders described in the LIDA catalogue varies in terms of frequency and severity.
- Users of LIDA are strongly encouraged to take professional advice before using LIDA data to make breeding or purchasing plans.
Organ System Involved
Cardiovascular
- Cardiomyopathy
- Factor IX Deficiency
- Factor VIII Deficiency
- Haemophilia A
- Haemophilia B
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Lymphedema
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Persistent Right Aortic Arch
- Sub-Aortic Stenosis
- Tachycardia in the dog
- Von Willebrand's disease
Endocrine
Gastrointestinal
- Allergies
- Calcinosis Circumscripta
- Gastric torsion
- Glycogen Storage Disease I
- Megaoesophagus
- Pancreatic insufficiency, exocrine
- Protein losing enteropathy
- Protein losing enteropathy
- Ulcerative colitis
- Vitamin B12-responsive malabsorption
Immune
Integument
- Allergies
- Atopic dermatitis
- Calcinosis Circumscripta
- Cellulitis (folliculitis and furunculosis)
- Cutaneous Asthenia
- Dermatitis, atopic
- Dermoid cyst
- Discoid lupus erythematosus
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Entropion
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Keratoacanthoma
- Nasal pyoderma
- Otitis Externa
- Pemphigus
- Perianal fistulas
- Pododermatitis
- Sebaceous adenitis
- Seborrhea
Musculoskeletal
- Calcinosis Circumscripta
- Cleft lip
- Cleft Palate
- Enostosis
- Fragmented Coronoid Process
- Hip Dysplasia
- Osteochondritis dissecans
- Osteosarcoma
- Panosteitis
- Pituitary dwarfism
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Ununited anconeal process
Nervous/sensory
- Behavioral abnormalities
- Cataract
- Coloboma
- Corneal Dystrophy
- Epilepsy
- Eversion of nictitating membrane
- Lens Luxation
- Lysosomal Storage Disease
- Optic nerve hypoplasia, bilateral
- Pannus
- Polyneuropathy, distal sensorimotor
- Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) (X-linked)
- Retinal dysplasia
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Respiratory
Urogenital