Health Disorders Affecting Great Pyrenees

The Health Committee provides information on disorders that have been reported to us in the GPCA Health Survey. If your dog has a disorder not listed, please download the Health Survey and submit it to our independent tabulator so that we can continue to provide valuable information to Pyrenees owners.

Codes:
*	Disorders Reported from GPCA Surveys
T	Testing Available
R	Testing Available and Required for CHIC Certification
E	Testing Available and Elective for CHIC Certification
G/R	Grant Research Available

Type	Specific Disorder	Information
*  Auto-Immune	Addison's Disease Degenerative Myelopathy	T T	G/R
Blood Disorders	Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia	T	G/R
*  Cancer	Hemangiosarcoma Osteosarcoma Lymphosarcoma Mast Cell Tumors		G/R G/R G/R G/R
*  Cardiac	Subaortic Stenosis	E
*  Hearing	Congenital Deafness	E
*  Hormone	Thyroid	E	G/R
*  Opthamology	Cataracts Persistent Pupillary Membrane Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA)	E
*  Orthopedic	Elbow Dysplasia Hip Dysplasia Patellar Luxation Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) Panosteitis	E R R E
*  Skin	Sebaceous Adenitis	T
*  Spinal Diseases	Spondylosis