Article
Analysis of prevalence of presumed inherited eye diseases in Entlebucher Mountain Dogs.
Veterinary ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2000
Heitmann M, Hamann H, Brahm R, Grussendorf H, Rosenhagen C U, Distl O
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the prevalence of the presumed inherited eye diseases (PIED) noncongenital cataract and progressive retinal atrophy in the Entlebucher Mountain Dog for systematic environmental influences and the additive genetic variation. Multivariate linear animal models using residual maximum likelihood methods and multivariate threshold animal models using Gibbs sampling in Bayesian analyses were used to estimate...
Topics
- Animals
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Eye Diseases
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germany
- Male
- Pedigree
- Prevalence
- Risk Factors
