2003 Health Survey Conditions

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The following tables present the Health Conditions reported in the 2003 Health Survey

Health Conditions I		Total Dogs: 633
Condition	# of Dogs	Condition	# of Dogs
Neoplasia/cancer		Gastrointestinal
Hemangiosarcoma	5	Bloat	0
Lymphosarcoma/lymphoma	8	Esophageal disorder/Megaesophagus	3
Cutaneous (T cell) lymphoma	2	Pancreatic insufficiency	1
Mast cell tumor	3	Pancreatitis	5
Osteosarcoma	8	Malabsorption syndrome	0
Melanoma	4	Inflammatory bowel disease	7
Squamous cell carcinoma	3	Gastritis	9
Mammary (breast)	10	Colitis	6
Testicular	1	Chronic diarrhea or vomiting	12
Prostate	1	Portosystemic shunt	0
Thyroid carcinoma	1	Other	11
Nasal carcinoma	1
Gastric carcinoma	6	Hematology (blood disorders)
Other	17	Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)	0
Also see ages at incidence, in table at the bottom of this page		Hemophilia A or B	0
Orthopedic (Muscle/bone)		Von Willebrand?s Disease	3
Arthritis	67	Thrombocytopenia (low platelets)	1
Spnodylosis	13	White cell count less than 5000	8
Elbow dysplasia	5	Bone marrow dysfunction	2
Hip dysplasia	14	Other	3
Hypertrophic osteodystrophy	0
Legg-Perthes	0	Neurology
Osteochondritis (OCD) Elbow	1	Dementia (senility)	8
Osteochondritis (OCD) Hock	0	Seizures?Grand mal	22
Osteochondritis (OCD) Shoulder	8	Seizures?partial, petit mal	32
Panosteitis	3	IV disc ? cervical	6
Patellar luxation	3	IV disc ? thoracic	0
Anterior cruciate rupture	7	IV disc ? lumbar	2
Other ligament/tendon tear	2	Head tilt	8
Polyarthropathy	0	Vestibular syndrome	14
Polymyopathy	0	Paralysis	4
Exertional/exercise induced myositis/ hyperthermia/ collapse	7	Tremors	3
Malignant hyperthermia	0	Deafness	32
Other	14	Degenerative myelopathy	11
		Old dog---rear leg paresis/weakness	59
Dermatology		Cauda Equina Syndrome	0
Allergies/atopy	46	Other	5
Demodex	17
Sarcoptes scabei mites	5	Infectious
Chronic staph pyoderma	5	Ehrlichiosis	3
Perianal fistulas	1	Salmonellosis	0
Pigment abnormalities	7	Lyme disease	10
Dematophytosis (fungal skin infect)	5	Systemic fungal disease	2
Other	12	Other	24

Condition	# of Dogs	Condition	# of Dogs
Ophthalmic		Immune mediated
Cataracts	39	Polyarthritis (immune)	3
Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA)	8	Systemic Lupus	2
Persistent pupillary membranes (PPM)	24	Lupus- Discoid	2
Pannus -- cornea	5	Auto immune hemolytic anemia	1
Pannus?third eyelid	4	Dermatomyositis	0
Entropion	1	Pemphigus	1
Corneal dystrophy	1	Other	1
Keratitis	1
Small optic nerve	6	Respiratory
Micropapillae	2	Laryngeal paralysis	14
Glaucoma	0	Rhinitis/sinusitis	6
Other	16	Nasal aspergillosis	1
		Pneumonia	1
Cardiovascular		Allergic bronchitis/pneumonia	0
Heart failure (unknown cause)	2	Other	6
Cardiomyopathy	1
Heart arrhythmia	2	Urinary Tract
Heart murmur	2	Bladder infections	24
Persistent right aortic arch (PRAA)	0	Bladder stones	6
Pulmonic stenosis	0	Renal failure	8
Subaortic stenosis	0	Incontinence	22
Persistent ductus (PDA)	0	Other	3
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)	0
Valve dysfunction	0	Endocrine (hormonal)
Hypertension (high blood pressure)	0	Addisons disease	3
Other	2	Diabetes mellitus	0
		Cushings disease	3
Reproductive (female)		Hypothyroidism	42
C-section	9	Thyroiditis	7
Difficulty whelping	5	Other	0
Reabsorption/abortion	6
Chronic failure to conceive	2	Miscellaneous
Insufficient milk	1	Missing teeth	73
Mastitis	2	Undershot jaw	8
Irregular heat cycles	13	Overshot jaw	2
Pyometra/metritis	19	Wry bite	6
Poor mothering	3	Enamel hypoplasia	2
Small litters	4	Cleft palate	0
Other	17	Other	15

Reproductive (male)		Drug allergy/reaction (list below)
Abnormal semen	4	Misc. See Form	20
Cryptorchid/monorchid	21
Lack of libido	1
Testicular atrophy	6
Enlarged prostate	8
Other	3

		Other conditions (list below)
		Misc. See Form	36

Neoplasia/cancer	# of Dogs	Ages in months youngest to oldest
Hemangiosarcoma	5	108	114	144	150	168
Lymphosarcoma / lymphoma	8	24	84	96	108	120	132	138	154
Cutaneous (T cell) lymphoma	2	120	165
Mast cell tumor	3	42	60	108
Osteosarcoma	8	60	72	72	108	120	120	120	144
Melanoma	4	108	120	132	138
Squamous cell carcinoma	3	84	132	168
Mammary (breast)	10	60	84	96	108	120	120	132	132	132	144
Testicular	1	144
Prostate	1	72
Thyroid carcinoma	1	144
Nasal carcinoma	1	120
Gastric carcinoma	6	72	96	96	132	144	unkn.
Other	17	36	48	84	84	96	96	108	108	120	126	132	132	138	144	156	156	156

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IF a dog has an OFA number this means that the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals has reviewed x-rays of the dogs hips and has found them to be clear of hip dysplasia, and assigned them a rating. OFA numbers are good for the lifetime of the dog.

PRA is a progressive disease of the retinas that leads to blindness. It is inherited, and has been diagnosed in Tervuren of a number of litters over the course of the past ten years and more, with new diagnoses made within this past year. Without a blood test, our breed faces a likelihood of increasing numbers of new cases of PRA. We are pleased to announce that we now have a wonderful opportunity before us to help find a blood test to enable the eradication of PRA in our breed. Read more...

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