Lifespan and disease predispositions in the irish wolfhound: A review

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 102-111

  Urfer, S R ^a   Gaillard, C ^a   Steiger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Disease incidence; Disease predispositions; Disease prevalence; Dog breeding; Dog diseases; Dogs; Ethics; Genetic disorders; Giant breeds; Hereditary diseases; Irish Wolfhound; Lifespan; Review; Selection; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CALCINOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASTRATION; CATARACT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DAMAGE; DOG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HERITABILITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHARYNX DISEASE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPINE TUMOR; STOMACH DISTENSION; VOLVULUS; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; PEDIGREE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 35248823059     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2007.9695233     Document Type: Review

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