GOLDEN RETRIEVER

• Aortic stenosis
• Tricuspid dysplasia
• Duchenne’s X-linked muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy – Also known as Golden Retriever muscular dystrophy
• Pericardial effusion
• Mitral valve dysplasia
• Pyotraumatic folliculitis
• Pododermatitis
• Grass awn migration
• Atopy
• Food hypersensitivity
• Nasal depigmentation – Also known as Dudley nose
• Mucocutaneous hypopigmentation
• Acral lick dermatitis
• Idiopathic sterile granuloma and pyogranuloma
• Canine juvenile cellulitis
• Hypothyroidism
• Thyroid neoplasia (may be associated with hyper- or hypothyroidism, but most cases are euthyroid)
• Insulinoma
• Oropharyngeal neoplasia
• Secondary megaoesophagus
• Congenital portosystemic shunt
• Muscular dystrophy
• Myasthenia gravis
• Shoulder osteochondrosis
• Elbow dysplasia
• Hip dysplasia – Research has reported it affects around 30% of this breed
• Hock osteochondrosis
• Temporomandibular dysplasia
• Mast cell tumours
• Sweat gland tumour
• Trichoepithelioma
• Melanoma
• Cutaneous haemangioma
• Cutaneous haemangiosarcoma
• Benign fibrous histiocytoma
• Fibroma
• Non-epitheliotropic lymphoma
• Nasal cavity tumours
• Thyroid neoplasia
• Primary brain tumour
• Lymphosarcoma (malignant lymphoma)
• Fibrosarcoma (oral and soft tissue)
• True epilepsy
• Hypomyelination of the peripheral nervous system
• Acquired myasthenia gravis
• Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis
• Entropion (usually lower lids)
• Ectropion (mild, usually disappears with maturity)
• Distichiasis
• Lacrimal punctal aplasia
• Medial canthal pocket syndrome
• Refractory corneal ulceration
• Corneal dystrophy
• Primary glaucoma/goniodysgenesis
• Uveal cysts
• Pigmentary uveitis
• Cataract
• Congenital hereditary cataract
• Multifocal retinal dysplasia
• Geographic retinal dysplasia
• Generalised progressive retinal atrophy
• Optic nerve colobomas
• Pseudopapilloedema
• Multiple ocular defects – Defects may include cataract, retinal detachment and microphthalmia
• Familial renal disease (renal dysplasia)
• Ectopic ureters
• Silica urolithiasis
• Congenital preputial stenosis
• Laryngeal paralysis