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