Neapolitan Mastiff – Disease Predisposition
NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF
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Musculoskeletal conditions
Cranial cruciate ligament rupture
- May occur at a young age in this breed
Ocular conditions
Entropion
- Breed predisposition; polygenic inheritance likely
Ectropion
- Breed predisposition
Macropalpebral fissure resulting in combined entropion-ectropion (‘diamond eye’)
- Breed predisposition
Eversion of the cartilage of the nictitating membrane
- Breed predisposition
Prolapse of the gland of the nictitating membrane (‘cherry eye’)
- Breed predisposition
Cataract
- Inheritance suspected
Reproductive conditions
Vaginal hyperplasia
- Breed predisposition
