List of hereditary diseases of the cat
The hereditary diseases in cats come before (some of them very rare!) Or at the following disorders of the cat can be a hereditary component to be (more information at Dr. Addie):
- Amyloidosis (abnormal protein deposits between the cells that leads to stiffening of the heart muscle, dysfunction in the brain to dementia, gradual loss of kidney function)
- Azotaemia (abnormal proliferation of nitrogenous end products of protein metabolism, can lead to kidney failure)
- Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (From the special albinism)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Dystocia (inclination to heavy births)
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (increased Elstizität the skin and unusual tear same)
- Encephalomyelopathie (disease of the central nervous system)
- hereditary cerebral degeneration
- familial hyperlipaemia (elevated blood lipids)
- "Flat-Chested kitten" (funnel chest with kittens)
- Glaukome (Green Star, a continuous loss of nerve fibers in the optic nerve)
- Glycogen Storage Disease (accumulation of glycogen in the liver, heart, skeletal muscle and Zentrelnervensystem)
- Hornhautsequester [PDF] (death of Breichen the cornea)
- Hip dysplasia
- Hypokaliämische myopathy (muscle periodic paralysis) [PDF]
- Hemophilia (blood clotting disorder, hemophilia, "inhibited blood clotting),
- Coagulopathies (blood clotting disorders, excessively strong running clotting)
- congenital Hypothyroidismus (congenital hypothyroidism function),
- verstibuläre congenital disease (congenital disorder of the Gliechgewichtssinns)
- Lipoproteinlipasemangel, hereditary
- Lysosomal storage diseases, Mukolipidose, Mucopolysaccharidose, Mannosidosen, GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis (disorder of brain function, head tremors, paralysis)
- Muskuleldystrophie (progressive, balanced trained muscle weakness)
- Myopathische disorder of Neutrophilengranulation
- Kidney stones
- Osteochondromatose (formation of slow-growing tumors on cartilage tissue from bone)
- Osteodystrophie (bone demineralization)
- Pelger-Huet abnormality (ineffective production of blood cells, Anmämie [anemia])
- Polycystic kidney disease (cyst formation in the kidneys)
- Polyneuropathy (disease of the peripheral nervous system)
- Porphyria (metabolic disorder associated with reduced production of red blood dye goes hand in hand)
- Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) (disease of the retina with ongoing destruction of the photoreceptors)
- Pyruvatkinasemangel (causes hemolytic anemia [anemia])
- Retinal dystrophy (degeneration of the retina)
- Sphingomyelinasemangel
- Staphylom (Vorwölbung a diluted portion of the cornea)
- Deafness
- Vitamin K-dependent multifactorial coagulopathies (clotting disorder)
- Zapfen-Stäbchen-Degeneration/Zapfen-Stäbchen-Dysplasie
- Diaphragm rupture
- Dwarf growth








