The Pointer
The following diseases are reported to occur more frequently in the Pointer 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
• Oropharyngeal neoplasia

Diseases affecting the gullet (oesophagus)

Diseases involving the pancreas

Diseases affecting the small intestine

Diseases affecting the large intestine

Blood diseases

• Von Willebrand's disease (German Shorthaired and Wirehaired)

Cancer

• Haemangioma (skin) (English)Hepatic angiosarcoma
• Mast cell tumours
• Oesophageal sarcoma
• Oropharyngeal neoplasia (German Shorthaired)

Heart valve disorders

• Aortic stenosis

Abnormal development of major blood vessels to the heart

Heart muscle disease

• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Other

• Pericardial effusion

Diseases of the cornea

• Chronic superficial keratitis (pannus) (English)
• Corneal dystrophy (English)

Diseases of the eyeball

Diseases of the eyelids

• Entropion

Diseases of the third eyelid (nictitating membrane)

• Eversion of the cartilage of the 3rd eyelid (German Shorthaired)

Diseases of the lens

• Cataract (English, German Shorthaired and Wirehaired))

Diseases of the retina

• Progressive retinal atrophy (generalised) (English and German Shorthaired)

Hormonal diseases

• Diabetes insipidus (central)

Nervous system diseases

• Deafness (congenital)
• Hemivertebrae (thoracic;  German Shorthaired)
• Lysosomal storage disease GM₂ gangliosidosis (Japanese and German Shorthaired) (autosomal recessive)
• Meningitis and polyarteritis (German Shorthaired)
• Polygranulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis
• Sensory (mutilating) neuropathy (English & German Shorthaired) (autosomal recessive)
• Spinal muscular atrophy (English)

Orthopaedic diseases

• Cranial cruciate ligament rupture
• Elbow dysplasia
• Enchondrodystrophy
• Hemivertebrae
• Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)
• Polyarthritis/meningitis
• Ununited anconeal process

Reproductive disorders

• XX reversal (German Shorthaired)

Respiratory diseases

• Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Skin diseases

• Acral mutilation syndrome
• Black hair follicular dysplasia
• Blastomycosis
• Coccidiomycosis
• Discoid lupus erythematosus
• Histoplasmosis
• Lupoid dermatosis of German Shorthaired Pointers
• Muzzle folliculitis/furunculosis (acne)
• Nasal depigmentation
• Nasal folliculitis/furunculosis
• Pododermatitis
• Skin tumours
• Solar dermatitis (truncal)
• Zinc-responsive dermatitis

Other

• Umbilical hernia