The Collie
The following diseases are reported to occur more frequently in the Collie than in the general dog 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. 

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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

• Cleft palate

Diseases affecting the gullet (oesophagus)

Diseases involving the pancreas

• Pancreatic atrophy and EPI

Diseases affecting the stomach

• Gastric neoplasia

Diseases affecting the small intestine

Diseases affecting the large intestine

• Lymphocytic-plasmacytic colitis (Rough)
  

Blood diseases

• Cyclic neutropaenia
• Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia

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• Gastric neoplasia (Rough)
• Haemangiopericytoma
• Histiocytoma (benign fibrous)
• Keratoacanthoma
• Lymphocytic-plasmacytic colitis (Rough)
• Nasal cavity tumours
• Skin tumours
• Sweat gland tumour

Diseases of the eyeball

• Enophthalmos
• Micropalpebral fissure
• Multiple ocular defects

Diseases of the cornea

• Corneal dystrophy 
• Microcornea
• Nodular Episclerokeratitis
• Pannus

Diseases of the eyelids

• Distichiasis (Rough)
• Entropion
• Medial canthal pocket syndrome

Diseases of the third eyelid (nictitating membrane)

Diseases of the iris

• Collie eye anomaly
• Heterochropmia iridis

Diseases of the lens

• Cataract
• Lens luxation

Diseases of the retina

• Central progressive retinal atrophy
• Generalised progressive retinal atrophy
• Optic nerve colobomas
• Optic nerve hypoplasia
• Retinal dysplasia (multifocal)

 

Immune system diseases

• ? Bullous pemphoid
• Cyclic Haematopoiesis of Grey Collies
• Discoid lupus erythematosus
• Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia
• Pemphigus erythematosus
• Systemic lupus erythematosus

Kidney and Urinary tract diseases

• Ectopic ureters
• Urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence (incontinence)

Liver diseases

Nervous system diseases

• Cerebellar degeneration (Rough - Australia) (Autosomal recessive)
• Deafness (congenital)
• Neuroaxonal dystrophy
• Otitis interna
• Vestibular disease (bilateral, congenital)

Reproductive disorders

• Penile hypoplasia

Respiratory diseases

• Aspergillosis

Skin diseases

• Bacterial folliculitis
• ? Bullous pemphoid
• Collie nose (solar dermatitis)
• Discoid lupus erythematosus
• Idiopathic sterile granuloma or pyogranuloma
• Idiopathic ulcerative dermatosis
• Familial dermatomyositis (Autosomal dominant with incomplete penetrance)
• Food hypersensitivity
• Histiocytosis
• Malassezia dermatitis
• Pemphigus erythematosus
• Protothecosis
• Skin tumours
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Vitiligo
• Waardenburg-Klein syndrome (Autosomal dominant with incomplete penetrance)

Other disorders

• Aspergillosis
• Reactions to Ivermectin
• Reactions to Milbemycin