Top Ten Issues Affecting Standard Poodles

Poodle Pulse

In Search of the Next Topic

I am searching for my next topic, so I wanted to uncover the top ten issues in standard poodles. Here is what I found:

1. Hip Dysplasia 8-12%
2. Addison’s Disease 5-10%
3. Sebaceous Adenitis 5-10%
4. Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus 5-10%
5. Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) 2-5%
6. Epilepsy 2-5%
7. Hypothyroidism 2-5%
8. VonWillebrand’s Disease (vWD) 1-3%
9. Cancer varies by age but up to 30% in older dogs
10. Immune-Mediated Disorders 1-3%

So with that list, I added links to the topics I addressed previously. IMT has been addressed by Poodle Health Registry.

1. Hip Dysplasia 8-12%
2. Addison’s Disease 5-10%
3. Sebaceous Adenitis 5-10%
4. Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus 5-10%
5. Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) 2-5% – disease can be eliminated by DNA test.
6. Epilepsy 2-5% – there are good Facebook support groups, but I may tackle this one next.
7. Hypothyroidism 2-5% – we test Thyroid at years 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 to detect hypo or hyper thyroidism.
8. VonWillebrand’s Disease (vWD) 1-3% – disease can be eliminated by DNA test.
9. Cancer – varies by age but up to 30% in older dogs.
10. Immune-Mediated Disorders 1-3% – Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia, Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (IMT)

Immune-Mediated Disorders may have a relationship to vaccination and I wrote about Titering as an alternative, but also using monovalent vaccines in lieu of multivalent vaccines:

• Science Direct
• PubMed Central 
• JAAHA

And since we can rule out two of the diseases through DNA testing, and Cancer is too broad to capture well, that leaves me with Epilepsy. My dad had a Keeshond when I was growing up who had Epilepsy so I think I might do some research and tackle that one unless there are suggestions.