BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG

• Colour dilution alopecia
• Seasonal nasal hypopigmentation (snow nose)
• Elbow dysplasia
• Polyarthritis/meningitis
• Shoulder osteochondrosis
• Hip dysplasia – A large study in 1989 showed a prevalence of 25.3% in this breed
• Cutaneous haemangiosarcoma
• Malignant histiocytosis
• Systemic histiocytosis – a rare condition that has only been reported in this breed
• Hypomyelination of the central nervous system
• Meningitis and polyarteritis
• Entropion
• Systemic histiocytosis (ocular signs may include uveitis, chemosis and scleritis)
• Cataract
• Generalised progressive retinal atrophy (GPRA)
• Familial renal disease (membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis)
• Malignant histiocytosis