White Male Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf

Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf.

White male 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. 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf. These animals are well-known to be commonly affected by a congenital hereditary deaf-ness that may affect one or both ears.

Apart from dominant white gene W white coat on the cat can occur from albino gene c or spotted gene S. The gene responsible is an autosomal dominant gene termed W for White. Are white cats with blue eyes blind or deaf.

Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear. 7 of white cats with yellow eyes were deaf. And in addition to Rios Sweetie.

The keyword is the dominant gene. Some of the cats were deaf in only one ear - interestingly if a cat had a blue eye on the right side of her head she tended to be deaf in the. However that is not guaranteed.

Reports of this condition date back to at least the 1930s Bamber 1933 and. And if the white cat has a different eye color for each eye heterochromia. Unless both ears are affected cats may never show any signs of hearing loss.

Cats with white Spots. Some of these cats are deaf in only one ear. And 65 to 85 percent of white cats with two blue eyes were deaf.