BASENJI

• Hypertrophic gastritis
• Lymphangiectasia (protein-losing enteropathy)
• Immunoproliferative enteropathy (of Basenjis) – Specific Basenji disease
• Pyruvate kinase deficiency DNA test available in this breed
• Inguinal hernia
• Umbilical hernia
• Persistent pupillary membranes (40–90% prevalence reported in the USA, similar prevalence in UK and Australia)
• Cataract
• Optic nerve coloboma
• Pelger-Huet anomaly
• Fanconi syndrome Familial, with 10–30% Basenjis in the USA affected
• Cystine urolithiasis
• Variation in the interoestrus interval