American Hairless (Rat) Terrier
American Hairless Terrier, Amerikankarvatonterrieri
FCI Group
Not Recognized
AKC Group
Terrier
TKC Group
Not Recognized
Country of Origin
US
Health Testing Requirements by Country
Autoimmune and Allergies
SE
Eye Conditions and Blindness
Other Breed-Specific Considerations
FI
Skeletal and Muscular
Genetic Material and Diversity
Test Relevances
Hypotrichosis, Recessive
Some Relevance
Primary Lens Luxation (PLL)
Some Relevance
Coat Colour Dilution, dilution, MLPH-related
No Evidence
Congenital Hypothyroidism
No Evidence
Degenerative Myelopathy
No Evidence
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA-prcd)
No Evidence
Hypotrichosis, Recessive
Some Relevance
Primary Lens Luxation (PLL)
Some Relevance
Coat Colour Dilution, dilution, MLPH-related
No Evidence
Congenital Hypothyroidism
No Evidence
In similar or related breeds
Degenerative Myelopathy
No Evidence
Both clinically rare and of complex inheritance. Test is considered poorly correlated with risk for development of DM, and recommendations are to not use the test for breed-wide breeding strategies. While the SOD 1 variant may be commonly found across many breeds, there are few clinical cases observed and confirmed, and in many cases DM has never been observed in the breeds.
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA-prcd)
No Evidence
Multiple research sources indicate that this form of PRA-prcd could be present in many breeds, and testing could be relevant widely across a large number of different breeds of dog, many of which are terriers or breeds with terrier co?ancestry, but some of which have more diverse origins. Research indicates that the mutation is present at varying breed-specific frequency, but that testing and applying the test results can lead to signifigant reduction in the disease.
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