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    Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
    Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
    Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
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    Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

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    This book (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels) provides you with a through description and positive attributes of this breed including origin, purpose, history, normal heights and weights, acceptable colors and behavioral traits. Our books differ from most books on dog breeds because this book also provides you with a comprehensive and authoritative source of all the known predisposed hereditary health syndromes for the breed. You will find extensive references for each problem described. We also provide the breed club address for this breed and a list of laboratories and organizations that can provide professional help and information.
    As a small animal veterinarian, I have always been intrigued by the way dogs have been bred to fill a purpose in life and further impressed that they also tend to love performing that service. Greyhounds and other sight hounds are built for speed with aerodynamic bodies consisting of small head, deep chest, narrow waist and large leg muscles. On the other hand Dachshunds take their name from German words meaning badger dog and they use their long nose, long body and short legs to both track, enter and dig into badger dens.
    After developing a practice that catered to clients with show dogs, my interest in each breed continued to grow as I studied and observed more and more about the unique predisposition and incidence of health problems in each breed. Breeders of purebred dogs for show were a challenge and inspirational for me to research and help them with their unique health problems. Historically references to hereditary problems are scattered throughout various Veterinary medical texts and journals such as ophthalmology, neurology, gastroenterology, cardiovascular and dermatology. This book, as well as the other books and articles I have written, is researched and compiled with the intention to provide both veterinarians and dog owners with comprehensive and authoritative predisposition information under the breed name.
    At the date of this publication, The American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation and the The Kennel Club of England reports over 400 known hereditary health syndromes throughout the dog kingdom. At the writing of my first book in 1983, less than 50 hereditary issues are able to be predicted and or diagnosed. Sequencing of the canine genome, DNA tests, metabolic testing including blood tests and urine testing; plus, phenotypic examinations such as radiographs, ultrasound, and CERF or OFA eye registry exams by a Board Certified Veterinary Ophthalmologist have advanced the science of breed related health and behavioral problems.
    This book will provide veterinarians, researchers, pet owners and breeders with a comprehensive guide to all the known problems veterinarians and dog owners should consider during pet selection and throughout each life stage of our canine friends.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJul 29, 2014
    ISBN9781493199792
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      Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels - Xlibris US

      Copyright © 2014 by ROSS D. CLARK, DVM. 602467

      ISBN:      Softcover            978-1-4990-4727-1

                      EBook                 978-1-4931-9979-2

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may

      be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by

      any means, electronic or mechanical, including

      photocopying, recording, or by any information

      storage and retrieval system, without permission in

      writing from the copyright owner.

      Rev. date: 07/22/2014

      Xlibris LLC

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      MEDICAL, GENETIC & BEHAVIORAL

      RISK FACTORS OF CAVALIER KING

      CHARLES SPANIELS

      INSIDE:

      I. ORIGIN, HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION

      II. SHOW RING REQUIREMENTS

      III. RECOGNIZED RISK FACTORS

      CARDIOVASCULAR-

      HEMATOLOGICAL-

      RESPIRATORY

      PREDISPOSITION

      DERMATOLOGICAL ISSUES

      ENDOCRINE-EXOCRINE-

      ENZYMATIC AND/OR HORMONAL PROBLEMS

      GASTROINTESTINAL AND DENTITION

      MUSCULOSKELETAL AND NEUROLOGICAL

      OPHTHALMIC (EYE PROBLEMS)

      UROGENITAL

      BEHAVIOR TRAITS

      IV. MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND RESOURCES

      GENETIC TESTS AVAILABLE FOR THE CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL

      CANINE HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER HEALTH SCREENING FOR CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIELS

      NATIONAL BREED CLUB

      BY: ROSS D. CLARK, DVM

      PREFACE

      This book provides you with a through description and positive attributes of this breed including origin, purpose, history, normal heights and weights, acceptable colors and behavioral traits. Our books differ from most books on dog breeds because this book also provides you with a comprehensive and authoritative source of all the known predisposed hereditary health syndromes for the breed. You will find extensive references for each problem described. We also provide the breed club address for this breed and a list of laboratories and organizations that can provide professional help and information.

      As a small animal veterinarian, I have always been intrigued by the way dogs have been bred to fill a purpose

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