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Syringomyelia can cause
severe
pain in cavaliers
Syringomyelia (SM) is reported to be "very widespread" in the cavalier King Charles spaniel breed. Syringomyelia is a disorder of the brain and spinal cord, which may cause severe head and neck pain and possible paralysis.
- More: CKCS syringomyelia
- SM breeding protocol
- "Pedigree Dogs Exposed"
- Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs)
- Current research
- Reduced rate MRI clinic locations
- MRI screening protocol for SM
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Hip dysplasia afflicts
up to 1 out of 3 CKCSs
Hip dysplasia reportedly afflicts up to one out of every three cavalier King Charles spaniels. It is a genetic disease which can cause the dogs pain and debilitation.
Low blood platelet counts are
not a problem for cavaliers
Low blood platelet counts in cavaliers usually are not a health problem. Many veterinarians are misled by low platelet counts to wrongly diagnose anemia or other serious disorders.
Brachycephalic Airway
Obstruction Syndrome (BAOS)
The size and shape of its head can cause serious breathing problems for the cavalier King Charles spaniel. Elongated soft palates, stenotic nares, everted laryngeal saccules, and laryngeal collapse are inherited developmental defects in the breed.
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MVD: leading
cause
of CKCS deaths
Heart mitral valve disease (MVD) is a terminal illness which afflicts over half of all cavalier King Charles spaniels by the age of 5 years and nearly all Cavaliers by age 10 years. It is CKCSs' leading cause of death.
- More: Cavalier King Charles spaniel MVD
- Mitral valve disease breeding protocol
- A few words about pimobendan (Vetmedin)
- ACVIM cardiologists consensus statement
- Current research
The Latest in
Genetic Research
& Upcoming Events
4UK researchers identify mutated FAM83H gene as cause of curly coat syndrome in CKCS.
4UK researchers confirm mutated BCAN gene as cause of episodic falling syndrome in CKCS.
4UK cardiologists to compare MVD murmurs with echocardiograms of 200 cavaliers.
4Preview the British Veterinary Assn. & UK Kennel Club's new syringomyelia breeding protocol.
4Check out our new CANCER webpage.
4EDITORIAL: Will the next SM Breeding Protocol be BAD FOR THE BREED?
4Researchers confirm that cavaliers with only CM suffer pain and that CM/SM is progressive.
4UK's Royal Veterinary College needs cavaliers with asymptomatic MVD for cardiac MRI study.
4UK researchers fail to find genetic differences between early-onset and late-onset MVD in CKCSs.
4US cardiologists report success with torsemide as alternative to furosemide diuretic for advanced MVD.
4Syringomyelia Breeding Protocol works! See the latest statistics of 550 cavaliers.
4Colorado State begins clinical trials of installing mechanical mitral valves in dogs' beating hearts.
4Auburn U. offers DNA test for cavaliers with oversized blood platelets.
4Cavaliers' DNA is needed for muscular dystrophy test validation.
Breeding policy would
end early-onset MVD
Veterinary specialists have designed breeding guidelines to eliminate early-onset mitral valve disease in cavalier King Charles spaniels.
RUPERT'S FUND pays for MRIs of older dogs, to aid the Syringomyelia Genome Research Project.
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