Border Collie – Disease Predispositions
BORDER COLLIE
- Canine cyclic neutropaenia Associated with grey Collies
- Shoulder osteochondrosis
- Congenital deafness
- Cerebellar degeneration
- Lysosomal storage disease – ceroid lipofuscinosis
- Nodular episclerokeratitis
- Chronic superficial keratitis (pannus)
- Primary lens luxation
- Cataract
- Collie eye anomaly
- Generalised progressive retinal atrophy (GPRA)
- Central progressive retinal atrophy (CPRA) or retinal pigment epithelial dystrophy (RPED) – This disease is more prevalent in the UK than in the USA. It has become less prevalent following the introduction of control schemes)
- Multiple ocular defects – Congenital condition, seen in homozygous merles (the result of merle to merle breeding) with predominantly white coats. Defects may include microphthalmia, micro-cornea, cataract, equatorial staphylomas and coloboma
- Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
