This web page contains a list of cat breeds and the genetic or hereditary diseases which have been reported in that breed. A brief description of the diseases and references to published papers can be found on the genetic and hereditary conditions of cats web page. Please note that these pages are intended for veterinary surgeons and that technical terminology is used throughout, with no translation for the lay person.

A similar database is available for genetic conditions of dogs from the University of Sydney.

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

A

Abysinnian

Australian Mist

 

Abysinnian

Corneal sequestrum

Familial amyloidosis

Feline infectious peritonitis - predisposition to development of

Gingivitis - hyperplastic, early onset

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA)

Progressive rod cone degeneration and rod cone dysplasia

Pyruvate kinase deficiency

Retinal dystrophy

Thromboembolism

 

Australian Mist

Feline infectious peritonitis (susceptibility to effusive FIP)

 

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B

Bengal

Birman

British shorthair

Burmese

 

Bengal

Feline infectious peritonitis - predisposition to development of

 

Birman

Azotaemia

Distal axonopathy

Encephalomyelopathy

Feline infectious peritonitis - predisposition to development of

Neutrophil granulation anomaly

Renal calculi

Thromboembolism

 

British shorthair

Feline infectious peritonitis (susceptibility to)

Haemophilia B

 

Burmese

Diabetes

Feline infectious peritonitis: one study said less at risk, another said more at risk of dry FIP.

Feline leukocyte antigen DRB restricted polymorphism

Flat-chested kittens

Glaucoma - the Burmese cat may be predisposed to primary narrow-angle glaucoma

Hypokalaemic myopathy

 

C

 

Cornish Rex

Feline infectious peritonitis - predisposition to development of

 

 

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D

Devon Rex

Domestic

 

Devon Rex.

Dystocia

Myopathy

Vitamin K-dependent multifactor coagulopathy

 

Domestic

Corneal sequestrum

Diabetes

Gingivitis-periodontitis feline juvenile-onset

Hageman (coagulation factor XII) deficiency

Mucolipidosis type II

Pyruvate kinase deficiency

Staphyloma

Ventricular septal defect

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H

Himalayan

Corneal sequestrum

Feline infectious peritonitis - predisposition to development of

 

K

Korat

Gangliosidosis

Sandhoff disease (is GM2-gangliosidosis)

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M

Maine Coon

Manx

 

Maine Coon

Gingivitis-periodontitis feline juvenile-onset

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Laminin alpha2 deficiency-associated muscular dystrophy, myopathy

 

Manx

Sacrocaudal dysgenesis

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N

Norwegian Forest Cats

 

Norwegian Forest Cat

Type IV glycogen storage disease

 

P

Persian

Chediak-Higashi syndrome

Corneal sequestrum

Dystocia

FIP - less susceptibility than some other breeds

Gingivitis - hyperplastic, early onset

Progressive retinal atrophy

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R

Ragdoll

Rex

 

Ragdoll

Feline infectious peritonitis - predisposition to development of

Thromboembolism

 

Rex

Feline infectious peritonitis - predisposition to development of

 

Devon Rex

Vitamin K-dependent multifactor coagulopathy

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S

Scottish Fold

Siamese

Somali

 

Scottish Fold

Osteodystrophy

 

Siamese

Dystocia

Familial hyperlipaemia

Gingivitis-periodontitis feline juvenile-onset

Mucopolysaccharidosis

Mucopolysaccharidosis VI

Nystagmus

Porphyria

 

Somali

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA)

Pyruvate kinase deficiency

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T

Tonkinese

Renal calculi

 

Turkish Van

None reported

 

Van (Turkish)

None reported

 

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