Tissue is collected to aid research in various important health studies including: -
Syringomyelia Genetic Studies at Montreal University in Canada (Dr Zoha Kibar & Dr Clare Rusbridge) Mitral Valve Disease in Edinburgh (Dr Brendan Corcoran) and Chronic pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus in dogs at Cambridge Veterinary School (pathologist Penny Watson).
Not exact matches
The group funds research on
syringomyelia which can be
genetic.
There is one rare
genetic disease that can cause a dog's brain to become too large for its skull, but
syringomyelia is most common to Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and no other dog breed.
Other
genetic health problems that affect the breed include
syringomyelia, luxating patellas, hearing disorders and hip dysplasia.
With the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel,
Syringomyelia (SM) is a very common
genetic disease.
This is most likely because diseases like CM and
syringomyelia have a complex etiology and disease expression probably occurs when there is a threshold combination of
genetic and environmental factors.