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Advanced eye screening provides a broader picture on the dog's health and vision, allowing it to detect both hereditary and acquired abnormalities. To complete such screening, a fairly highly specialized ophthalmologist and special equipment are required: indirect ophthalmoscopy and slit lamp biomicroscopy. To correctly assess the lens and retina of the eye, the pupils are artificially dilated with special drops, but usually, the examination does not take much time, and the dog's clarity of vision returns quite fast. This diagnostics allows to detect such pathologies as glaucoma, eyelid/eyelash abnormalities, cataracts, diseases of the cornea and iris, PHPV (persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous) PHA and retinal dysplasia, as well as several other possible inheritable eye disorders. The breed community recommends doing the screening after the dog hits 12 months of age and ideally could be to repeat it every year after, especially before breeding. A good practice could be to do the very first screening at the age of 10-12 weeks to exclude congenital pathologies and PHPV.
Finnish Kennel Club statistics on eye screening results fof dogs born 2014-2024. Source: Finnish Kennel Club
https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx
https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx
- Finnish Kennel Club statistics https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx
- Heritability estimates of distichiasis in Staffordshire bull terriers using pedigrees and genome-wide SNP data. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 64, Article number: 30 (2022)
- Genomic analysis and prediction of genomic values for distichiasis in Staffordshire bull terriers. Canine Med Genet . 2023 Jul 24;10(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s40575-023-00132-1.
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier eye diseases. Melbourne EyeVet 2019
- Staffordshire Bull Terriers in the UK: their disorder predispositions and protections. DOI:10.1186/s40575-020-00092-w
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Showing and breeding dogs was never a main goal for me. I started in the dog world from behavioral modification and training, gained a degree in rehab and myotherapy, studied nutrition (raw/dry), trained nosework disciplines and already for several years owned an educational dog-blog and taught lectures for dog owners and professionals. Throughout all these fields I strongly promote complete/holistic approach and advocate for dog’s physical and mental wellbeing.
Showing and breeding dogs was never a main goal for me. I started in the dog world from behavioral modification and training, gained a degree in rehab and myotherapy, studied nutrition (raw/dry), trained nosework disciplines and already for several years owned an educational dog-blog and taught lectures for dog owners and professionals. Throughout all these fields I strongly promote complete/holistic approach and advocate for dog’s physical and mental wellbeing.
Showing and breeding dogs was never a main goal for me. I started in the dog world from behavioral modification and training, gained a degree in rehab and myotherapy, studied nutrition (raw/dry), trained nosework disciplines and already for several years owned an educational dog-blog and taught lectures for dog owners and professionals. Throughout all these fields I strongly promote complete/holistic approach and advocate for dog’s physical and mental wellbeing.
