Health

The health and welfare of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier is one of the most fundamental drivers of the Club. In this area of our website you will find links to all the most important aspects of Stafford Health.

The Animal Health Trust is one the UK’s leading authorities on Canine Health. We list below some useful links to various parts of their website, each relating to differing health issues connected with the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

If you have ANY queries regarding Stafford Health, please feel free to put them in correspondence to our Health Coordinator, Mr. Neil Robinson. His email address is health@thesbtc.com

PHPV / PPSC

Ask your local vet for basic advice, and the location of the nearest eye testing centre to you.

IMPORTANT :- If you have a dog which has been diagnosed with PHPV (whether minor or severe) the Animal Health Trust would like to hear from you; they are working at developing a a genetic test for this condition, and need DNA samples from affected dogs. Please contact the Animal Health Trust for more information on 08700 50 24 24.

Hereditary Cataracts

http://www.aht.org.uk/sci_diag_disc_genetic_sbthc.html

L2-HGA

http://www.aht.org.uk/sci_diag_disc_genetic_l2.html


Use This Link to find an eye testing clinic near you

http://www.staffords.co.uk/eyeclinics.htm


Further Reading (Highly Recommended)

http://www.staffords.co.uk/sbtbc/health_issues.htm

Please keep coming back to this page as it will be updated regularly with the latest information available to the Club.

Syringomyelia - a new condition in Staffords?

http://www.syringo.org - general information

http://www.syringomyelia2007.org - symposium information

Please keep coming back to this page as it will be updated regularly with the latest information available to the Club.