title: The incidence of PHTVL/PHPV in Doberman and the results of breeding rules.
abstract: Between 1967 and 1987, in the Netherlands 3,775 Dobermans were examined for hereditary eye diseases. In 238 of these dogs severe persistent hyperplastic tunica vasculosa lentis and primary vitreous (PHTVL/PHPV) was diagnosed. After a brief description of the clinical features the results of breeding over the recent years are discussed. The incidence (1978-1987) of severely affected dogs in the litter controls decreased from 5% to 1% in the individual controls from 19% to 8%. This is an encouraging downward tendency. Better results are to be expected once test mating and progeny-testing methods are accepted as breeding methods in dog breeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Stades
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Boevé
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: van den Brom
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: van der Linde-Sipman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D004285:Dogs; D015785:Eye Diseases, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*; D015994:Incidence; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology