Springer Spaniel – Disease Predisposition

SPRINGER SPANIEL

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Cardiovascular conditions

  • Patent ductus arteriosus
  • Ventricular septal defect
  • Persistent atrial standstill

Dermatological conditions

  • Acral mutilation syndrome
  • Malassezia dermatitis
  • Grass awn migration
  • Food hypersensitivity
  • Primary seborrhoea
  • Ichthyosis
  • Psoriasiform-lichenoid dermatosis in English Springer Spaniels
  • Ehler-Danlos syndrome
  • Intertrigo
  • Idiopathic onychomadesis
  • Anal sac disease

Gastrointestinal conditions

  • Secondary megaoesophagus (English Springer Spaniels)

Haematological/immunological conditions

  • Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia
  • Factor XI deficiency
  • Phosphofructokinase deficiency

Musculoskeletal conditions

  • Congenital myasthenia gravis
  • Hip dysplasia

Neoplastic conditions

  • Trichoepithelioma (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Canine cutaneous histiocytoma
  • Haemangiopericytoma
  • Melanoma
  • Cutaneous haemangioma (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Anal sac adenocarcinoma (English Springer Spaniels)

Neurological conditions

  • Hypomyelination of the central nervous system
  • Congenital myasthenia gravis
  • Lysosomal storage disease – fucosidosis (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Lysosomal storage disease – GM1 gangliosidosis (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Springer Spaniel rage syndrome

Ocular conditions

  • Entropion (usually lower lids) (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Combined entropion-ectropion (‘diamond eye’) (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Distichiasis (Welsh Springer Spaniels)
  • Plasma cell infiltration of the nictitating membrane (plasmoma) (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Chronic superficial keratitis (pannus) (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Refractory corneal ulceration
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  • Congenital, sub-epithelial, geographic corneal dystrophy (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Corneal dystrophy
  • Primary glaucoma/goniodysgenesis (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Primary glaucoma/goniodysgenesis (Welsh Springer Spaniels)
  • Cataract (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Cataract (Welsh Springer Spaniels)
  • Multifocal retinal dysplasia (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Geographic retinal dysplasia (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Total retinal dysplasia (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Generalised progressive retinal atrophy (GPRA) (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Generalised progressive retinal atrophy (GPRA) (Welsh Springer Spaniels)
  • Central progressive retinal atrophy (CPRA) or retinal pigment epithelial dystrophy (RPED) (English Springer Spaniels)
  • Microphthalmia (with multiple ocular defects) (English Springer Spaniels)

Renal and urinary conditions

  • Sphincter mechanism incompetence
  • Calcium phosphate urolithiasis (hydroxyapatite and carbonate apatite)

Reproductive conditions

  • Vaginal hyperplasia
  • Azoospermia with spermatogenic arrest (Welsh Springer Spaniels)

Respiratory conditions

  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia