Health concerns have been raised by those who seek to close the AKC Greyhound stud book. They claim that racing Greyhounds are genetically unhealthy and that AKC Greyhounds have no serious genetic health problems.

Discussion of health issues in the club newsletter has been severely curtailed recently, so here are a few links to health information about show and racing Greyhounds.

• Letter from Dr. Lynda Blythe DVM PhD, co-author, Care of the Racing Greyhound
• Three Fatal Diseases in Show Greyhounds by Patricia Gail Burnham [GCA Newsletter, 2002]
• Canine Hypothyroidism: Prevalence of Positive TgAA in 503 Laboratory Samples from Greyhounds by Ray Nachreiner et al.
• Correlation of Racing and Reproductive Performance in Greyhounds with Response to Thyroid Function Testing by Karin M. Beale et al. [Jl. of the American Animal Hospital Assn., 1992]
• More information on hematological characteristics of Greyhounds by W. Jean Dodds [JAVMA, 1995]
• Thyroid Hormone and Testosterone Concentrations in Racing Greyhounds with and without Bald Thigh Syndrome by LA Cowan et al [ACVIM abstract only]
• Greyhound Health Registry Proposal by Helen Hamilton DVM (GCA Newsletter)
• Renal Disease I (March 1991 GCA Newsletter)
• Renal Disease II (June 1991 GCA Newsletter)
• Renal Disease III (September 1991 GCA Newsletter)

Revised 2 February 2003