Open AccessEvidence for Genetic Involvement in Feline Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Lawler Dennis F.,
Templeton AIan J.,
Monti Katherine L.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of veterinary internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.356
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1939-1676
pISSN - 0891-6640
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1993.tb01035.x
Subject(s) - dilated cardiomyopathy , medicine , cats , cardiomyopathy , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , cardiology , genetics , heart failure , gene , biology
Quantitative genetic evaluation of clinical dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was conducted in a large cattery with known history. Data showed that clinically affected cats were significantly more interrelated than randomly chosen case‐control populations from the same colony. The results of this study suggest that quantitative inheritance, either interactive with or independent of nutrition or presently unknown factors, is involved in feline dilated cardiomyopathy. (Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 1993; 7:383–387. Copyright © 1993 by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.)