RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK

Dermatological conditions

Zinc-responsive dermatosis
Coat-colour dilution and cerebellar degeneration in Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs
Dermoid sinus/cyst
  • May be inherited as a simple recessive gene
  • Not breeding from affected individuals should reduce disease incidence
Onychodystrophy

Neurological conditions

Congenital deafness
Arachnoid cysts
  • Breed predisposition
Dermoid sinus
  • Congenital defect

Ocular conditions

Entropion (usually lateral lower lids)
  • Breed predisposition
Eversion of the cartilage of the nictitating membrane
  • Breed predisposition
Cataract
  • Inheritance suspected