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Tibetan Spaniel — familial oxalate nephropathy (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)

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Tibetan Spaniel — familial oxalate nephropathy (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)

Source: first-hand OMIA (University of Sydney) breed-specific hereditary-disorder record, saved verbatim to source_file; every claim below is a C1 byte-substring of it.

Claims

  • Breed: Tibetan Spaniel (Dog)
  • Disorder: familial oxalate nephropathy
  • Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive
  • `Clin feat: Tibetan Spaniels with type 1 primary hyperoxaluria usually present at a young age (from 5 weeks of age) with vomiting, diarrhoea, inappetence, weight loss, poor growth, depression, polydipsia (excessive thirst), polyuria (excessive production of urine) and may have anaemia (Jansen and Arnesen, 1990). The two affected Tibetian Spaniels were emaciated and anaemic at 7- and 9-weeks of age when they were euthanised (Jansen and Arnesen, 1990). Vidgren et al. (2012) report that in Coton de Tulear puppies onset is sudden, starting at an age of 3–4 weeks and resulted in euthanasia within a week.

Sources

Tibetan Spaniel — familial oxalate nephropathy (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)
Source document: OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)
OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)OMIA breed-specific hereditary-disorder records (omia.org), derived from local OMIA database dump; dataset: https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70retrieved 2026-08-02

Verification file: pdf-raw/breed-health/tibetan_spaniel_familial_oxalate_nephropathy_3301.txt