Domestic Shorthair
The following diseases are reported to occur more frequently in the Domestic
Shorthair than in the general
cat population. In some cases the disease either has, or is believed to have, a genetic, hereditary cause but many of the diseases listed here do not have a proven genetic basis.
If you do not find the disease that you are looking for in this list the
disorder has probably not been reported to occur more frequently in this breed
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Alimentary tract diseases
This section includes diseases that involve the mouth, oesophagus (gullet), stomach, small intestine (duodenum and ileum), large intestine (colon and rectum), liver and pancreas.
Diseases involving the mouth
Diseases affecting the gullet (oesophagus)
Diseases involving the pancreas
Diseases affecting the small intestine
Diseases affecting the large intestine
Blood diseases
- Haemophilia A
- Methaemoglobin
reductase deficiency (autosomal
recessive)
- Pelger-Huet
anomaly (autosomal
dominant)
- Pyruvate kinase
deficiency (autosomal
recessive)
Cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Heart valve disorders
Abnormal development of major blood vessels to the heart
Heart muscle disease
Endocrine Diseases
Eye diseases
Diseases of the cornea
Diseases of the eyeball
- Coloboma - various sites
- Lysosomal storage diseases (see Nervous
diseases)
- Microphakia
Diseases of the eyelids
Diseases of the third eyelid (nictitating membrane)
Diseases of the lens
Diseases of the retina
Hormonal diseases
Immune system diseases
Kidney and Urinary
tract diseases
Liver diseases
- Portosystemic
shunts (congenital)
Nervous system diseases
- Lysosomal storage
disease- alpha mannosidosis
- Lysosomal storage
disease- GM1 gangliosidosis
- Lysosomal storage
disease - globoid cell leukodystrophy
- Lysosomal storage
disease - mucopolysaccharidosis
- Lysosomal storage
disease - sphingomyelinosis
- Myasthenia gravis
(congenital)
- Neuroaxonal
dystrophy
Orthopaedic disease
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Myasthenia gravis
(congenital)
Respiratory diseases
Skin diseases
- Ehler-Danlos
syndrome
- Lentigo simplex
- Psychogenic
alopecia
- Skin tumours
- Solar dermatitis
(blue-eyed, white cats)
Other
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