English Setter
Breed description - see AKC for detailed standard
Life expectancy is 10-12 years
Breed problems can be both inherited or diseases and disorders seen frequently in a breed and mode of inheritance unknown. Both are listed.
Breed problemsBloat
Cataract
Color Mutant Alopecia
craniomandibular osteopathy - abnormal development of the bones of the face and the jaw
Deafness
Eclampsia
Ectropion
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - connective tissue disease characterized by loose, hyperextensible and very fragile skin that tears easily
Factor VIII deficiency or hemophilia A: the most common severe inherited clotting disorder of humans and nonhuman animals. Inhereited as a sex-linked recessive trait (carried by females and manifested in males).
Factor XII deficiency: a clotting factor deficiency that rarely produces clinical signs. Seen in toy and standard poodles and occasionally in other breeds. Usually diagnosed incidentally during blood testing for potential bleeding disorder.
Gangliosidosis
Hip dysplasia
Hypoglycemia: a syndrome where the animal has an abnormally low blood glucose
Hypothyroidism: a common endocrine disease where the body produces an abnormally low amount of thyroid hormones. An autoimmune destruction of the thyroid gland which affects more than 50 dog breedsJuvenile amaurotic idiocy: a syndrome characterized by early onset blindness and low mental capacity
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Lip fold dermatitis: a skin infection caused by redundant skin folds around the mouth.
Lysosomal storage diseases: a group of progressive multifocal neurologic disorders caused by specific enzyme deficiencies leading to death of nerve cells and accumulation of their respective enzyme substrates in cells
Methemoglobinemia
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis: a congenital disease where fatty pigments are deposited in the brain and cause brain dysfunction
Osteochondritis dissecans: Inflammation of the cartilage of certain joints which causes arthritis.
Osteochondrosis: a group of developmental diseases resulting in abnormal formulation of joint cartilage. Commonly involves the shoulder, stifle, hock or elbow.
Progressive retinal atrophy
Uterine inertiavon Willebrand's disease - bleeding disorder caused by defective blood platelet function. Occurs in 59 dog breeds but most often in Doberman pinschers. An autosomal trait affecting both sexes.
English setter - American Kennel Club
English Setter Association of America, Inc.
This page was last edited 04/29/08
