White Male Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf
People ask why white cats with blue eyes are deaf.
White male cats with blue eyes deaf. Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear. Are most white cats with blue eyes deaf. The uphill road to solving polygenic disorders The pure white cat with luminous blue eyes is an attrac-tive image familiar to many.
The keyword is the dominant gene. The percentage rises to 40 percent if the cat has one blue eye while upwards of 65 to 85 percent of all-white cats with both eyes blue are deaf. Not all of these cats are deaf see part 2 of this short article.
Are white cats with blue eyes blind or deaf. White cats with blue eyes had a high probability. In those cats with eyes of another colour only 10-20 are likely to be deaf.
7 of white cats with yellow eyes were deaf. Can a cat with blue eyes be deaf. Statistically white cats with blue eyes with congenital deafness make up around 1 to 15 of the total cat population.
The roll of the genetic dice that produces a white blue-eyed and typically. Cats with white Spots. The fact is that hereditary deafness does tend to be a serious concern in white cats.
25 of white cats with yellow eyes have normal hearing. Cataracts are not the only cause of cats with blue eyes. In odd-eyed white cats the ear on the blue-eyed side may be deaf but the one on the orange-eyed side usually has normal hearing.