diseases in working group

Stenotic nares (Brachycephalic Syndrome)

Narrowed or small nostrils; narrowing restricts the amount
of air that can flow into the nostrils

Nasopharyngeal turbinates (Brachycephalic Syndrome)

Ridges of bone covered by tissue; help humidify and
warm air that is inhaled.

Elongated soft palate (Brachycephalic Syndrome)

(soft part of roof of) Soft palate is too long for the length of
the mouth; the excess length partially blocks the entrance
to the trachea (windpipe) at the back of the throat

Laryngeal collapse (Brachycephalic Syndrome)

Caused by chronic stress placed on the cartilage of the larynx by
other aspects of brachycephalic syndrome.
Larynx (voicebox) is not able to open as wide as normal causing
further restriction in airflow.

Hypoplastic trachea (Brachycephalic Syndrome)

Trachea has a smaller diameter than normal

Laryngeal saccules (Brachycephalic Syndrome)

small, pocket-like mucous membranes inside a dog's voice box (larynx) that get sucked outward into the airway due to chronic, high-effort breathing

Histiocytoma

a common, non-cancerous skin tumor in dogs

Panosteitis

a painful, temporary inflammation of the long leg bones in growing puppies

Ankyloglossia

tongue tied

Alaskan Malamute Chondrodysplasia

known as dwarfism

Mast cell tumor

a common type of malignant skin cancer that develops from mast cells

Urinary Incontinence

involuntary loss of bladder control, resulting in unexpected urine leakage

a rare, noncancerous (benign) skin tumor that develops from hair follicles

Trichoepithelioma

Hypertrophic osteodystrophy

a painful developmental auto-inflammatory bone disease that affects fast-growing large and giant breed puppies

Bones in the dog affected by osteosarcoma

distal femur, proximal tibia, distal radius, proximal humerus

Osteosarcoma

a rare, aggressive type of cancer that begins in the cells that form new bone

Macroblepharon

an eye condition in dogs where the opening between the eyelids is too large, exposing too much of the eye surface

Pemphigus Foliaceus

a rare autoimmune skin disease where the immune system attacks proteins called desmoglein-1, causing fragile, superficial blisters, scaling, and crusting primarily on the face, scalp, and upper back

Undershot Jaw

lower part of jaw protrudes

Parvovirus

a highly contagious, life-threatening viral disease caused by canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) that primarily attacks a dog's gastrointestinal tract and white blood cells

Osteochondrosis

a group of developmental or degenerative disorders affecting the growing skeleton

Anal sac adenocarcinoma

an aggressive, malignant cancer arising from the apocrine sweat glands in a dog's anal sacs

Ectopic ureter

a birth defect where the tube carrying urine from the kidney (the ureter) connects to the wrong place instead of the bladder

Calcium oxalate crystals and uroliths

can aggregate and grow into hard mineral stones (uroliths) when urine becomes supersaturated with calcium and oxalate