Whippet
Whippet - American Kennel Club detailed breed standard and information
Dasher
Dasher and Breezy
Whippets are elegant medium sized dogs that look like small Greyhounds.
Cataracts
Color dilution alopecia
Corneal dystrophy
Cryptorchidism: a condition where one testicle does not descend into the scrotal sac.
Demodicosis: skin disease (mange) caused by microscopic Demodex canis mites living within the skin layers and producing an immunodeficiency syndrome
Ectodermal defect
Entropion: an abnormal rolling in of the eyelid.
Hemangiosarcoma: a cancer of blood vessels involving liver, spleen or skin.
Hypothyroidism: a common endocrine disease where the body produces an abnormally low amount of thyroid hormones.
Lens luxation: a condition where the lens in the eye is displaced into an abnormal position.
Osteochondritis dissecans: a specific form of inflammation of the cartilage of certain joints which causes arthritis.
Osteochondrosis: a group of developmental diseases resulting in the abnormal formulation of joint cartilage. It Commonly involves the shoulder, stifle, hock or elbow.
Pattern baldness
Progressive retinal atrophy
von Willebrand's disease
This page was last edited 08/10/08
