Dachshund
Breed Description - see AKC for detailed standard
Breed problemsAcanthosis nigricans
Achondroplasia: abnormal development of cartilage leading to dwarfism (seen aberrantly in most breeds, but that's what makes a Basset hound and other achondroplastic breeds long and low).
Black hair follicular dysplasia
Cataracts
Cataract with microphthalmia: a condition where a dog has cataracts along with abnormally small eyes
Ceroid lipofuscinosis (wire-haired dachshund - rare)
Cleft lip/palate
Color dilution alopecia (blue dachshund)
Corneal dystrophy: an abnormality of the cornea usually characterized by shallow pits in the surface.
Cutaneous asthenia
Cryptorchidism
Deafness (dappled coat)
Demodicosis
Dermoids
Diabetes mellitus: a metabolic disease caused by insulin deficiency and characterized by the inability to utilize sugars normally.
Elbow dysplasia (Ununited anconeal process)
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a connective tissue disease characterized by loose, hyperextensible and very fragile skin that tears easily
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Hemolytic anemia: anemia caused by the destruction of the red blood cells by an autoimmune process. Particularly common in cocker spaniels and Old English sheepdogs, as well as several other breeds.
Histiocytoma
Hyperadrenocorticism or Cushing's disease
Hypothyroidism
Intervertebral disk disease
Iris heterochromia: a condition where one iris is a different color from the other or has more than one color to it.
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Juvenile cellulitis: an inflammation of cells (usually skin cells) occurring in the young animal.
Linear IgA dermatosis: a type of skin disease resulting from an abnormality of the secretory immune system.
Microphthalmia
Mitral valve disease
Narcolepsy: a neurological disorder characterized by falling asleep suddenly (collapse) which can occur during periods of activity and last for varying lengths of time.
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis: a congenital disease where fatty pigments are deposited in the brain and cause brain dysfunction.
Nodular panniculitis: a skin disease characterized by nodules of inflammation under the skin
Optic nerve hypoplasia
Osteopetrosis: a condition where the bones are abnormally dense and hard
Overshot jaw: a condition where the upper jaw is too long for the lower jaw.
Pannus: an immunologic eye disease characterized by abnormal growth of tissue over the cornea.
Pattern baldness
Pemphigus foliaceous: another skin disease caused by autoimmune destruction of tissues.
Pododermatitis: a skin infection of the paws.
Portosystemic shunt
Progressive retinal atrophy
Renal hypoplasia: a condition where the kidney(s) do not develop completely.
Sebaceous adenitis
Sebaceous gland tumor: a tumor arising from sebaceous glands of the skin.
Seborrhea
Sick sinus syndrome
Sterile pyogranuloma syndrome: a disease of the deeper layers of the skin characterized by formation of abnormal tissues, with no infectious organisims involved.
Sternal callus: a thickened, hairless area forming on the chest of an animal.
Vasculitis: an inflammatory condition of the blood vessels.
Vitiligo: a lack of pigment in the skin (called vitiligo in man and hypopigmentation in nonhuman animals). Common in rottweilers, Doberman pinschers, Old English sheepdogs and dachshunds
von Willebrand's disease
Dachshund - American Kennel Club
This page was last edited 04/28/08
