Kennel Club to review dog breeds after disease claims
BRITAIN'S main governing body for dogs is to review every pedigree breed in the UK amid concerns about genetic diseases.
The Kennel Club review follows a television documentary that claimed the breeding process used to produce pedigree dogs had resulted in a high incidence of inherited genetic disease.
The club, which organises Crufts, decided to act after the programme showed a prize-winning cavalier King Charles spaniel with syringomyelia, a condition that occurs when a dog's skull is too small for its brain.
It also showed boxers suffering from epilepsy, pugs with breathing problems and bulldogs unable to mate or give birth unassisted.
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