NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF

Musculoskeletal conditions

Cranial cruciate ligament rupture

• May occur at a young age in this breed

Ocular conditions

Entropion

• Breed predisposition; polygenic inheritance likely

Ectropion

• Breed predisposition

Macropalpebral fissure resulting in combined entropion-ectropion (‘diamond eye’)

• Breed predisposition

Eversion of the cartilage of the nictitating membrane

• Breed predisposition

Prolapse of the gland of the nictitating membrane (‘cherry eye’)

• Breed predisposition

Cataract

• Inheritance suspected

Reproductive conditions

Vaginal hyperplasia

• Breed predisposition