Health issues

All American Coton Club Code of Ethics Breeders make a commitment to health testing their breeding Cotons to help ensure the best possibility of producing healthy offspring.

 

ACC will have a comprehensive list of known health issues reported in the Coton de Tuléar and will explain them on this page. Please check back soon as this page is a work in progress.

 

Retinopathy

Dr. Bruce Grahn's study

 

Back Problems

Spinal Disc Disease

Back Study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breeding Strategies

Minimizing Genetic Disease

 

Breeding Strategies

 

Population Genetics and Breeding

 

Basic Genetic Concepts

 

Breeding Schemes

 

Significant Relationships

 

Eliminating Mutation the Impossible Dream

 

Diversity and the Purebred Dog

 

Inbreeding and Diversity

 

The Nature of Genetic Disease

 

The Price of Popularity: Popular Sires and Population Genetics

 

Glossary of Genetic Terms

 

 

 

 


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