Harmful Mutations Drive Higher Vet Care Needs in Some Dog Breeds

Harmful Mutations Drive Higher Vet Care Needs in Some Dog Breeds

Do some dog breeds really need to visit the veterinarian more often—and if so, why? Recent research published in *Biology* (DOI:

Key Finding: High-morbidity breeds carried ~187 homozygous deleterious variants vs. ~87 in low-morbidity breeds