Portuguese Water Dog » PRA http://www.theportuguesewaterdog.com Information about Portuguese Water Dog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:45:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Portuguese Water Dog – Cataracts, PRA, and distichiasis http://www.theportuguesewaterdog.com/cataracts-pra-and-distichiasis/ http://www.theportuguesewaterdog.com/cataracts-pra-and-distichiasis/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:07:19 +0000 admin http://www.theportuguesewaterdog.com/?p=9
Like all purebred dogs, PWDs are vulnerable to certain genetic defects. Some defects can include: hip dysplasia, cataracts, PRA, distichiasis, GM1 Storage Disease, and Juvenile Dilated Cardio-Myopathy. Careful checking of the breeding of the PWD’s parents can help to reduce the presence of these defects in thedog , and given the limited gene pool of [...]]]> Portuguese Water Dog

Portuguese Water Dog

Like all purebred dogs, PWDs are vulnerable to certain genetic defects. Some defects can include: hip dysplasia, cataracts, PRA, distichiasis, GM1 Storage Disease, and Juvenile Dilated Cardio-Myopathy. Careful checking of the breeding of the PWD’s parents can help to reduce the presence of these defects in thedog , and given the limited gene pool of the breed (due to the lack of prevalence of the breed), most of these defects are recessive in the breed.

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