Article
[Analysis of the prevalence of distichiasis in the dog breed Elo].
Berliner und Munchener tierarztliche Wochenschrift - 1 Jan 2000
Kaufhold Judith, Hamann Henning, Steinbach Gudrun, Gordon Sabine, Brahm Rolf, Grussendorf Heinrich, Rosenhagen Carsten U, Distl Ottmar
Abstract excerpt
The Elo is a recently established dog breed in which the eye anomaly distichiasis has been frequently observed. Out of a total of 234 Elo dogs ophthalmologically examined over four years, 27.8% of the dogs showed between 1 and 31 distichia. There were twice as many distichia in the upper than in the lower eyelid. Litter size, the number of examinations of Elo dogs per ophthalmologist and the proportion of genes...
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