Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Smooth & Wire Fox Terriers
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As a small animal veterinarian, I have always been intrigued by the way dogs have been bred to fill a purpose in life and further impressed that they also tend to love performing that service. Greyhounds and other sight hounds are built for speed with aerodynamic bodies consisting of small head, deep chest, narrow waist, and large leg muscles. On the other hand, dachshunds take their name from German words, meaning badger dog, and they use their long nose, long body, and short legs to both track, enter, and dig into badger dens.
After developing a practice that catered to clients with show dogs, my interest in each breed continued to grow as I studied and observed more and more about the unique predisposition and incidence of health problems in each breed. Breeders of purebred dogs for show were a challenge and inspirational for me to research and help them with their unique health problems. Historical references to hereditary problems are scattered throughout various veterinary medical texts and journals, such as ophthalmology, neurology, gastroenterology, cardiovascular, and dermatology. This book, as well as the other books and articles I have written, is researched and compiled with the intention to provide both veterinarians and dog owners with comprehensive and authoritative predisposition information under the breed name.
At the date of this publication, The American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation and the The Kennel Club of England reports over four hundred known hereditary health syndromes throughout the dog kingdom. At the writing of my first book in 1983, less than fifty hereditary issues are able to be predicted and/or diagnosed. Sequencing of the canine genome, DNA tests, metabolic testing, including blood tests and urine testing, plus phenotypic examinations, such as radiographs, ultrasound, and CERF or OFA eye registry exams by a board certified veterinary ophthalmologist, have advanced the science of breed-related health and behavioral problems.
This book will provide veterinarians, researchers, pet owners, and breeders with a comprehensive guide to all the known problems veterinarians and dog owners should consider during pet selection and throughout each life stage of our canine friends.
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Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Smooth & Wire Fox Terriers - Xlibris US
Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of
S
mooth
And Wire Fox Terriers
BY: ROSS D. CLARK, DVM
H. DAVID HAYNES, DVM – LEAD RESEARCH
AND EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
ART J. QUINN, DVM, DACVO – PROFESSOR EMERITUS,
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER
FOR VETERINARY HEALTH SCIENCES
BRAD HOWARD, DVM – RESEARCH ASSISTANT
PAUL SCHMITZ, DVM – TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
JAN COODY, MBA – TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
NITA RITSCHEL – EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
GERI HIBBLEN JACKSON – PHOTO ACQUISITIONS
LINDA A. CLARK, RVT, AKC JUDGE – PHOTO ACQUISITIONS
Copyright © 2014 by ROSS D. CLARK, DVM. 651073
ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4990-8522-8
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Rev. date: 12/10/2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ORIGIN AND HISTORY
DESCRIPTION
THE SHOW RING
BREEDING AND WHELPING
GROWTH
RECOGNIZED RISK FACTORS IN FOX TERRIERS
CARDIOVASCULAR-HEMATOLOGICAL-RESPIRATORY
DERMATOLOGICAL
ENDOCRINE-EXOCRINE-ENZYMATIC
GASTROINTESTINAL
DENTITION
MUSCULOSKELETAL
NEUROLOGIC
UROGENITAL
BEHAVIOR
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND RESOURCES
GENETIC TESTS AVAILABLE FOR FOX TERRIERS
CHIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FOX TERRIERS
NATIONAL BREED CLUB
AMERICAN FOX TERRIER CLUB
References
NOTES
Medical, Genetic & Behavioral
Risk Factors OF SMOOTH & Wire Fox
Terriers
INSIDE:
I. ORIGIN, HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
II. SHOW RING REQUIREMENTS
III. BREEDING AND WHELPING
IV. RECOGNIZED RISK FACTORS IN FOX TERRIERS
CARDIOVASCULAR-
HEMATOLOGICAL-
RESPIRATORY