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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.


Many CKCS Breeders
Still Do Not Health Test

"There are many members who are still not prepared to health check their breeding stock, and of those who do, it would appear that many would not hesitate to breed from affected animals."
-- Mrs. Lesley Jupp, Chairman of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of the UK, 24 March 2009

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.


Breaking News

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 FOR SM RESEARCH

RUPERT'S FUND pays for MRIs of older dogs, to aid the Syringomyelia Genome Research Project.


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