Dog Breeds With Reported Congenital Deafness*

Akita Dalmatian Old English Sheepdog
American Bulldog Dappled Dachshund Papillon
American-Canadian Shepherd Doberman Pinscher Perro de Carea Leonés
American Eskimo Dogo Argentino Pit Bull Terrier
American Hairless Terrier English Bulldog Pointer/English Pointer
American Staffordshire Terrier English Cocker Spaniel Presa Canario
Anatolian Shepherd English Setter Puli
Australian Cattle Dog Foxhound Rhodesian Ridgeback
Australian Shepherd Fox Terrier Rat Terrier
Beagle French Bulldog Rottweiler
Belgian Sheepdog/Groenendael German Shepherd Saint Bernard
Belgian Tervuren German Shorthaired Pointer Samoyed
Bichon Frise Great Dane Schnauzer
Border Collie Great Pyrenees Scottish Terrier
Borzoi Greyhound Sealyham Terrier
Boston Terrier Havanese Shetland Sheepdog
Boxer Ibizan Hound Shih Tzû
Brittney Spaniel Icelandic Sheepdog Shropshire Terrier
Bulldog Italian Greyhound Siberian Husky
Bull Terrier Jack/Parson Russell Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Canaan Dog Japanese Chin Springer Spaniel
Cardigan Welsh Corgi Kuvasz Sussex Spaniel
Catahoula Leopard Dog Labrador Retriever Tibetan Spaniel
Catalan Shepherd Löwchen Tibetan Terrier
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Maltese Toy Fox Terrier
Chihuahua Miniature Pinscher Toy Poodle
Chinese Crested Miniature Poodle Walker American Foxhound
Chow Chow mongrel West Highland White Terrier
Cocker Spaniel Newfoundland Landseer Whippet
Collie Norwegian Dunkerhound Yorkshire Terrier
Coton de Tulear Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

(n=92)

*Note: dogs of any breed can have congenital deafness, from a variety of causes. Breeds with white pigmentation are most affected.


Dr. George M. Strain
Louisiana State University
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Phone: 225-578-9758
Fax: 225-578-9895
E-mail: strain@lsu.edu

February 18, 2011

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