Chondrodystrophy: What It Is and Why We Seem to Like It So Much

Presented By: Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD

Speaker Biography: Danika Bannasch is a veterinary geneticist who specializes in canine genetics. She obtained her PhD in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and her DVM from the University of California at Davis. She has been a professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis since 2001...

Webinar: Chondrodystrophy: What It Is and Why We Seem to Like It So Much

Webinar Abstract: Chondrodystrophy is a term used in veterinary medicine to indicate a dog with a combination of shorter legs and intervertebral disc disease. Prior to the discovery of the mutation that causes chondrodystrophy, many breeds were classified as chondrodystrophic just based on their short-legged phenotype. It turns out there are two major variants that cause short legs in dogs and only one affects the intervertebral discs...

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