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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  So I was reading Animal Wellness magazine and they had an article on Brachycephalic breeds, well they had a list of breeds that are brachycephalic and they had Yorkshire Terrier on that list. I had never heard of them being in that group could it have been a typo or are they really considered that? It kinda confused me. |
I have not read the article to which you refer. Did the article include a reference for the claim?
Most often, I don’t find yorkies
as a breed associated with brachycephaly.
Located one authority categorizing our beloved breed a “moderate brachycephalic.” See reference to 2015 English study documented by Dan G. O’Neill, et. al., “
Epidemiological associations between brachycephaly and upper respiratory tract disorders in dogs attending veterinary practices in England.”
Study sampling included 170M dogs in 96 clinics. They randomly selected 200 dogs from three categories: “extreme brachycephalic breed types [three] (Bulldog, French Bulldog and Pug),” the “moderate brachycephalic” Yorkshire Terrier and the “non-brachycephalic” Border Terrier and West Highland White Terrier.
The study found the extreme breeds “were significantly younger at death than the moderate and non-brachycephalic” dogs.
“In summary, this study reports that URT[*] disorders are commonly diagnosed in Bulldog, French Bulldog, Pug, Border Terrier, WHWT and Yorkshire Terrier dogs attending primary-care veterinary practices in England. The three extreme brachycephalic breed types (Bulldog, French Bulldog and Pug) were relatively short-lived and predisposed to URT disorders compared with three other small-to-medium size breed types that are commonly owned (moderate brachycephalic Yorkshire Terrier and non-brachycephalic: Border Terrier and WHWT).”
Just because the BREED isn’t commonly associated with the condition, doesn’t mean some yorkies haven’t been bred so small or with particular traits that they will likely suffer fates similar to those in the extreme category.
Hope this helps.
Separately, see
"
Brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome,"
Wikipedia (accessed 24 May 2018)
*Upper Respiratory Tract