According to Woodhaven Labs dogs that have been afflicted have a one in three chance of a re-occurrence and a small
percentage of affected dogs may experience permanent damage showing signs of a distorted tail posture.
Because eating small amounts of aflatoxins over a period of time will cause cumulative liver damage or cancerous tumors, a very small
percentage of affected dogs would be reported,.
Not exact matches
But the
percentages of dogs affected with various ailments were exaggerated, and the Today interview with the animal «welfare» professor from the Univ.
of PA was designed to put breeders in the worst possible light.
I would guess that in its severe form, it
affects 4 - 8 %
of the pet
dog I have seen over the last 40 years and a similar
percentage of Parrots.
The use
of the Hardy - Weinberg law to determine the average carrier risk
of the population (based on the
percentage of proven
affected dogs) is not valid.
However, when only those
dogs with onset
of seizure activity before 3 years
of age were taken into account, there was not a significant difference between the
percentage of affected females and males.
The good news is that we are still seeing just a small
percentage of dogs affected, and almost all are large breed, outside
dogs.
It is estimated that 10 %
of dogs have heart disease.1 This
percentage increases as
dogs age, with heart disease
affecting 25 %
of dogs 9 to 12 years
of age and as many as 75 %
of those 16 years
of age or older.2 Most clients are unaware that their
dogs may be at risk for heart disease.
A 4 - year Norwegian compilation
of 26
affected dogs indicated that slightly less than half
of the cases are diagnosed between 13 and 15 weeks
of age, and an equal
percentage spread out between 15 and 24 weeks
of age.
A very small
percentage of dogs and some breeds in particular are
affected by gluten sensitivities.
Percentage of dogs affected: In non-endemic areas, no
dogs will have immunity when influenza first strikes, and it is likely that large numbers
of dogs will be infected.
In some breeds (Dobermans) the majority
of dilute (blue and fawn)
dogs are
affected, but in IG's, only a small
percentage of dilute
dogs seem to be
affected.
If you know your
dog is a high
percentage of a particular breed
of dog, you may monitor for diseases known to
affect that breed.
It is currently not known why demodex mites
affect a small
percentage of the
dogs they inhabit.