Re: Immune System Breakdown: Comparing bp morphs to purebred dogs
Originally Posted by Kurtilein
Reputable breeders keep inbreeding to a minimum. Most BP genes are totally free of health issues. And the ones that cause issues, well, these are known: http://www.owalreptiles.com/issues.php . But the link is a bit outdated, banana and coral glow appear to sit on a sex chromosome and do not impact health at all, and some strains of cinnamon and black pastell produce very nice super-forms that do not have an issue.
What is outdated? banana/cg does not fit the definition of sex-linked, the anomaly makes it fall out of that definition? It is never stated that all have issues, but many do.