BOXER

• Atrial septal defect
• Aortic stenosis
• Dilated cardiomyopathy –  found in 3 .4% of dogs this breed compared to 0.16% in mixed breeds and 0.65% in pure breeds
• Sick sinus syndrome
• Pericardial effusion
• Boxer cardiomyopathy
• Muzzle folliculitis/furunculosis
• Pododermatitis
• Atopy
• Food hypersensitivity
• Oestrogen-responsive dermatosis
• Canine follicular dysplasia
• Demodicosis
• Seasonal flank alopecia
• Ehler-Danlos syndrome
• Truncal solar dermatitis Affects white boxers
• Callus dermatitis/pyoderma
• Follicular cyst
• Dermoid cyst
• Calcinosis circumscripta
• Drug reactions – Acepromazine and other phenothiazines – This breed is very sensitive even to small doses of ACP
• Endocrine conditions
• Hypothyroidism
• Thyroid neoplasia (may be associated with hyper- or hypothyroidism, but most are euthyroid)
• Hyperadrenocorticism: pituitary-dependent (PDH)
• Insulinoma
• Phaeochromocytoma
• Gastrointestinal conditions
• Gingival and oropharyngeal neoplasia
• Pyloric stenosis (antral pyloric hypertrophy syndrome)
• Histiocytic colitis
• Chronic idiopathic (lymphocytic-plasmacytic) colitis
• Temporomandibular dysplasia/luxation
• Polyarthritis/meningitis
• Congenital elbow luxation
• Spondylosis deformans
• Mast cell tumours
• Melanoma
• Cutaneous haemangioma
• Cutaneous haemangiosarcoma
• Canine cutaneous histiocytoma
• Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
• Fibroma
• Non-epitheliotropic lymphoma
• Haemangiopericytoma
• Chemodectoma
• Thyroid neoplasia
• Phaeochromocytoma
• Insulinoma
• Pituitary tumour resulting in hyperadrenocorticism
• Gingival and oropharyngeal neoplasia
• Osteosarcoma of the skull
• Chondrosarcoma of the rib
• Primary brain tumour
• Lymphosarcoma (malignant lymphoma)
• Canine anterior uveal melanoma
• Fibromatous/ossifying epulis
• Testicular neoplasia
• Neurological conditions
• Congenital deafness
• Primary brain tumour
• Sensory neuropathy of Boxers (progressive axonopathy)
• Meningitis and polyarteritis
• Entropion
• Distichiasis
• Refractory corneal ulceration
• Corneal endothelial dystrophy
• Canine anterior uveal melanoma
• Urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence (causing urinary incontinence)
• Vaginal hyperplasia
• Cryptorchidism
• Testicular neoplasia