Sentences with phrase «extreme brachycephaly»

The Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding issued recommendations in their 2012 report, under a section titled «Breathing difficulty linked to head conformation» but veterinary clinics across the UK continue to see many patients suffering from problem linked to extreme brachycephaly.

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French Bulldogs and other flat faced dogs like Pugs and Pekinese, suffer from an extreme conformational defect called brachycephaly.

Within each breed there is a tendency for the degree of brachycephaly to become increasingly extreme over time.

An earlier broadcast on the BBC spawned three independent reports identifying the English bulldog as a breed in need of genetic intervention, presumably to breed away from the extremes of brachycephaly and chondrodysplasia and increase genetic diversity.