Occurrence of cardiorespiratory diseases and impact on lifespan in Swedish Irish Wolfhounds: a retrospective questionnaire-based study

Occurrence of cardiorespiratory diseases and impact on lifespan in Swedish Irish Wolfhounds: a retrospective questionnaire-based study

Abstract Background According to Swedish animal insurance data, Irish Wolfhounds (IW) are 29 times more likely to die from cardiac causes than the baseline breed. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has a high prevalence in the breed and the disease has been shown to be hereditary in IW. Few studies addres...

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Main Authors: Lovisa Orleifson, Ingrid Ljungvall, Katja Höglund, Jens Häggström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Subjects:
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Irish Wolfhound
Lifespan
Mortality
Pneumonia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13028-017-0320-1

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