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Corgi

Breed description -- see AKC for detailed standard

Cardigan Welsh Corgi and Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Photo is Gwen Touvila

Lifespan 10-12 years

Breed problems can be both inherited or diseases and disorders seen frequently in a breed and mode of inheritance unknown. Both are listed.

 

Breed problems

Cardigan Welsh Corgi:
 

Persistent pupillary membrane, Retinal dysplasia,  lens luxation
Cystine stones, Cystinuria
Invertebral disc disease
Combined immunodeficiency: a severe combined deficiency of cell-mediated immunity (T-cell function) and low concentrations of serum immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, and variably IgM)
Dystocia
Entropion
Genu valgum - knee joint malformation
Immunoglobulin G deficiency
 
 
 

Pembroke Welsh Corgi:

Cystinuria
Predisposition to dystocia
Cervical disc disease
Cutanious asthenia, Ehlers-Danos syndrome
Epilepsy
Cataract with microphthalmia
Corneal dystrophy
Hypothyroidism
Narcolepsy
Patent ductus arteriosus
Persistent pupillary membrane
Retinal dysplasia
von Willebrand's disease
 

  

For more information on Pembroke Welsh Corgi's

Please visit

The Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America

Hum'nbird Pembroke Welsh Corgis

 

This page was last edited  04/29/08  

 

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