Judge common diseases of Australian Cattle Dogs:

1. Deafness. Australian Cattle Dogs carry a recessive piebald allele, which causes whitening of fur and skin and is associated with congenital non-hereditary deafness. Dogs carrying the piebald pigment gene may have polygenic causes. deaf. In one study, approximately 2.4% of Australian Cattle Dogs were found to be deaf in both ears, and 14.5% of Australian Cattle Dogs were found to be deaf in at least one ear.

2. Retinal atrophy. The Australian Cattle Dog is one of the dog breeds affected by progressive retinal atrophy. Progressive rod-cone degeneration (PRCD), a condition that causes the rods and cones in the center of the eye's retina to deteriorate later in life, leading to blindness.

3. Hip dysplasia. Hip dysplasia is a common hip joint disease in medium and large dogs. It is also a genetic disease in Australian Cattle Dogs. This disease can cause degenerative arthritis of the hip joint and continue to worsen throughout life. When the Australian Cattle Dog is still a puppy, if you observe that it does not like to exercise and becomes lazy, you need to take it to the hospital to see if it suffers from this disease.

4. Canine external ear disease. Australian Cattle Dogs have more hair on their ears, reduced ventilation, increased temperature and high humidity in the ears, so it is easy for bacteria to breed and cause otitis externa. Sick dogs will have ear itching, red spots on the ears, and excessive secretions in the ears accompanied by a peculiar smell. In severe cases, the ears may suppurate and emit a foul odor.

5. Epilepsy. It refers to a disease characterized by chronic, transient, paroxysmal, and temporary loss of brain function and disorder; symptoms include sudden falling to the ground, twitching of limbs, drooling at the corners of the mouth, disturbance of consciousness, loss of consciousness, etc. Hereditary polio in Australian Cattle Dogs is a very rare disease caused by an inherited biochemical defect. Dogs diagnosed with the disease become completely paralyzed within a year of birth.