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There are few genetic health problems in the
Australian Cattle Dog, however, as with any pedigreed dogs, small gene pools
abound and therefore below is a list of known problems in the breed
 | PRA - Progressive Retinal Atrophy -
 | A form of gradual blindness where an ACD from 4 years old on up to
old age, could develop total blindness. This has a known
inheritance and dogs can be DNA tested for this disease.
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| The Society is the first ACD club in the world to provide full
disclosure of the DNA test and those
results are open to the public. |
| A complete ACD website with worldwide pedigrees,
health updates, rescues, and more, located in the U.S.A. at
www.cattledog.com and we
appreciate all the hard work Kathy Buetow has done to compile this
database. |
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| Deafness
| Cattle Dogs can be born either deaf or deaf in only one ear.
Read about the reasons and tests breeders can do prior to the
puppies going to their new homes. |
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| Hip Dysplasia
| Although not too common in the U.K., other countries have
experienced some problems and therefore hip testing has begun in
this breed. |
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| Eye Exams
| With the adoption of the dna PRA testing, it should be
remembered that all the dogs should still be eye checked for other
eye problems that are not always hereditary. Such as
cataracts, glaucoma, and more. |
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