Hungarian Vizsla Club of NSW Inc. Club of NSW Vizsla Hungarian HVCNSW Inc 2014 Hungarian Vizsla & Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Health Survey
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2014 Hungarian Vizsla and Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Health Survey Compiled by Karyn Orzeszko Reviewed by Dr Annette Dobson Hungarian Vizsla Club of NSW Inc. Club of NSW Vizsla Hungarian HVCNSW Inc 2014 Hungarian Vizsla & Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Health Survey Contents Background information about our survey .................................................................................................................... 3 Dog demographics – about the dogs.............................................................................................................................. 4 Breed .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Year of birth ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Country ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Gender ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Age at neuter or spay ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Living status ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Age and cause of death in Hungarian Vizslas ........................................................................................................ 8 Reported health or behaviour conditions .................................................................................................................... 11 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any congenital (present from around time of birth) problems? .................. 12 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any recurrent infections? ............................................................................. 13 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any eye problems? ....................................................................................... 15 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any bone or joint problems? ........................................................................ 16 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any immune-mediated (autoimmune) problems? ....................................... 18 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any endocrine (hormonal) problems? .......................................................... 20 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any neurologic problems? ............................................................................ 21 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any behaviour problem requiring professional treatment or assistance? ... 22 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any benign (non-malignant) tumours or lumps? .......................................... 24 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any type of cancer? ...................................................................................... 26 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any urinary problems?.................................................................................. 28 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with any reproductive problems? ........................................................................ 30 Has your Vizsla been diagnosed with adverse reactions to any drugs or vaccination? ........................................... 31 Has your Vizsla experienced any other problems? .................................................................................................. 32 Other questions ............................................................................................................................................................ 35 Are you a member of HVCNSW? .............................................................................................................................. 35 What do you believe are the three biggest health concerns in the breed? ............................................................ 36 Have any dogs you have owned or bred had the conditions you listed above? ...................................................... 37 Wrapping it up .............................................................................................................................................................. 38 Online surveys .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 So, what has changed since our first health survey? ............................................................................................... 38 Health concerns ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 Comments .................................................................................................................................................................... 41 2 HVCNSW Inc 2014 Hungarian Vizsla & Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Health Survey | www.vizsla.org.au Background information about our survey The HVCNSW Inc 2014 Hungarian Vizsla and Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Health Survey was the Club’s second health survey; our first health survey was conducted in 2009. Survey forms were distributed with the July/August 2014 newsletter, together with stamped, addressed envelopes for their anonymous return. Further forms were available from the Club, and also available to download from the Club website. This was also the Club’s first survey which was able to be completed online (through https://www.surveygizmo.com/ ), permitting anyone with internet access anywhere in the world to participate. The Hungarian Vizsla Clubs of South Australia and Victoria also included information about the survey in their newsletters. The survey closed on 31 December 2014. The survey was open to any owner with a Hungarian Vizsla or Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla born after 1 January 1999, with separate surveys to be completed for each dog owned. The online survey was commenced 519 times and a further 101 completed paper forms were received. Thirty online surveys were partially complete. These varied in their completeness from all except the final question on ‘other problems’ a dog may have experienced to only completing information on breed and gender of the dog. The ten surveys only containing information regarding breed and gender were excluded from analysis. During analysis it became apparent that some duplicate surveys had been completed online. Surveys were then sorted by various responses and 11 duplicate replies and one triplicate response discarded. In this report the number of responses is indicated using ‘n’. For example, n = 6 means 6 dogs. The gender of the Vizsla was recorded as that at the time the condition was reported; if a Vizsla was spayed at 12 months of age the gender was recorded as female for any conditions reported prior to 12 months of age, and as spayed female for any conditions reported to occur after spaying. Throughout this report the term ‘desexed’ refers to neutered males and/or spayed females, and ‘intact’ to non-desexed Vizslas. Mann- Whitney U-test was used (online at http://vassarstats.net ) to evaluate the statistical significance of any differences in age at presentation of health or behaviour conditions in males (intact and neutered) compared with females (intact and spayed), and of desexed Vizslas (neutered males and spayed females) compared with intact Vizslas (males and females). For conditions where 5 or more cases were reported, Fisher’s exact test was performed (online at http://www.graphpad.com ) to examine if gender at the time the condition was reported was a risk factor. Reports in males were compared with those in females, and desexed Vizslas were compared with reports in intact Vizslas. Generally, a p-value of less than 0.05 is regarded as statistically significant. Where statistically significant differences were identified, these are reported under the individual conditions. No statistically significant difference was found between reported incidence in males and females or between intact and desexed Hungarian Vizslas for the majority of conditions reported (congenital problems in general, umbilical hernia, short or kinked tails, all recurrent infections, for recurrent yeast or bacterial infections, eye problems, entropion, all bone/joint problems, hip, elbow or cruciate problems, arthritis, all immune-mediated conditions, allergies, allergic reactions to insect bites, contact allergies to grasses, food allergies, masticatory muscle myositis, endocrine problems, hypothyroidism, neurologic problems, primary seizures, noise sensitivities, generalised anxiety, histiocytomas, cancer, tail problems, infective processes reported under ‘other problems’ or accidents). 3 HVCNSW Inc 2014 Hungarian Vizsla & Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Health Survey | www.vizsla.org.au Dog demographics – about the dogs Breed The majority of completed surveys (93%) were for Hungarian Vizslas. Year of birth Over half (56%) of the 598 dogs were born in the past five years (2010-14). Graph of number of dogs in the survey according to year of birth 4 HVCNSW Inc 2014 Hungarian Vizsla & Hungarian