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Bedlington Terrier Health



This problem affects Bedlington Terriers mainly. Other breeds rarely have this problem.

Copper storage disease is a genetic abnormality in which the liver fails to appropriately balance copper intake with excretion in bile. If untreated, the accumulation of toxic amounts of copper eventually leads to liver failure and death. The diagnosis is made by a biopsy of the liver. Drug therapy to decrease the amount of copper in the liver is quite successful if the vet catch it early and begin to treat it before it gets too bad. unfortunately, many dogs don't start showing clinical signs until they reach the point where treatment is no longer affective. Owners of Bedlingtons should have their dogs genetically tested for this disease at one year old.