By mid-2005, it was in a dozen states and had moved beyond the track, showing up in shelters, boarding facilities and veterinary clinics, and
affecting multiple breeds [source: AVMA].
Not exact matches
Healthy dogs which produce
multiple affected offspring, particularly with different mates, should be withdrawn from
breeding.
Advances in identification, treatment, and prevention of diseases that
affect single
breeds,
multiple breeds, and all dogs.
FIP tends to
affect cats
bred and / or raised in catteries or
multiple cat environments more frequently than those from single cat households.
• Not knowingly repeat a
breeding of any pair of individuals who, although free from a hereditary defects themselves, have produced
multiple afflicted offspring with hereditary defects that
affect the quality of life of their offspring.
Although the definitive mode of inheritance is often difficult to estimate from pedigrees due to missing phenotypes, our pedigrees in all
breeds suggest a strong genetic influence with
multiple affected dogs across generations and even within several litters.