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Flat-faced purebred dogs, including Neapolitan mastiffs, English bulldogs and American cocker spaniels, are up to 34 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from cherry eye

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Flat-faced purebred dogs, including Neapolitan mastiffs, English bulldogs and American cocker spaniels, are up to 34 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from cherry eye

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0260538   

Article Title: Breed and conformational predispositions for prolapsed nictitating membrane gland (PNMG) in dogs in the UK: A VetCompass study

Author Countries: U.K., Finland

Funding: This study was supported at the RVC by an award from the Kennel Club Charitable Trust. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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