An analysis of the inheritance pattern of an adult-onset hearing loss in Border Collie dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During routine diagnostic BAER testing of dogs of various breeds for private owners at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, it became evident that some individual dogs developed hearing loss as adults. Although inherited congenital deafness has been widely reported in dogs, this type of deafness had not.

Findings

Special clinics were set up to screen working Border Collies at herding competitions. To determine the typical age that geriatric deafness might be expected, retired dogs were also recruited. Five of the 10 Border Collies 12 years of age or older had hearing loss (1 bilaterally deaf and 4 had reduced hearing). The adult onset deafness which exhibited in three families, did not usually occur until 5 years of age, too young to be geriatr

SUBMITTER: Schmutz SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4574391 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature