Diseases

• healthy hips (parents) ~heupdisplasie (HD free)
• Collie eye anomaly-free > DNA test for CEA
  • inherited, check parents
  • retina, choroid, sclera - impairs vision
  • parents can be clear x clear (100% CEA clear pups)
  • or clear x carrier (50% clear, 50% carriers)
  • maybe clear x carrier (100% carriers)
• Trapped neutrophil syndrome > TNS free (DNA test)
  • auto immune disease; death by 4th month
  • white bloodcells are not being released effectively in bloodstream
  • death because of infections they cannot fight
  • DNA TEST! for carriers and affected dogs
• Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) > DNA test
  • neurological impairment (death by 2nd year of age)
• Progressive retinal athrophy (PRA)
  • retina tissue is destroyed; night blindness to total blindness
• epilepsy (hereditary)
• glaucoma
• juvenile cataracts
• osteochondritis
  • puppies between 4-9 months
  • xray to confirm
  • shoulder joint most commonly affected
  • or stifles, elbows, hocks, other joints
• hypothoridism
• diabetis
• elbow dysplasia
• hearing loss? (parents)
  • double merle high chance of ocular and auditory defects

Other

• ears: not prick (both standing up), pref. one up and one down
• garantie?
• socialisering?
• inentingen: honden-, kattenziekte, kennelhoest
• gechipt
• ontwormd