Index of hereditary diseases of purebred dogs with special reference to surgical affections [electronic resource].

Includes reference.

This work covers 146 purebred dogs and lists 365 different hereditary diseases of dogs with their definitions. This work is done in the form of a computer program divided into two parts. Part one focused on stating hereditary diseases for each dog breed whereas part two focused on listing the hereditary diseases. In part one, the page for each breed displays the breed name with other common name(s) if present, the weight, the list and the total number of the hereditary diseases for each breed. Diseases with surgical importance are highlighted. In part two, all hereditary diseases are listed alphabetically and are divided into 20 groups, based mainly on the body system and miscellaneous affections, each group is color coded. The definition of each disease is provided, The full software of this work is provided in the form of a compact disc (CD).

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