Dog Breeds With Reported Congenital Deafness*

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

(n=99)

*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

September 10, 2012

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