Dogs

Heartbreaker - Mitral Valve Disease in Dogs

It’s there. Beating away minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day and year by year. It’s so easy to take for granted, until something goes wrong. In fact, heart disease is a leading cause of death in people, and is a health concern for our pets, too – particularly mitral valve disease, the most common heart health problem diagnosed in dogs.

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Our health study database, searchable by species or area of study, houses our funded research that is making a difference in the lives of animals across the globe.

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Some of Our Studies

From Tip to Tail

Veterinary advances for dogs

Since 1950, we have invested over $44 million in more than 1,000 canine health studies. We’ve contributed to early research that contributed to the parvovirus vaccine and development of genetic tests for heart diseases, eye diseases and seizure disorders. We also are at the forefront of funding cancer studies in dogs, including hemangiosarcoma, lymphoma and osteosarcoma.

Dog people get it. Life just wouldn’t be the same without these devoted, loving and funny members of our family. So, you want them to have the longest, healthiest lives possible. And so do we.

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1,000+

canine studies funded

89 million

dogs helped in the United States alone

This Foundation-led groundbreaking study is the largest and most comprehensive prospective study ever undertaken in veterinary medicine. The study, funded and managed by the Foundation, will help identify risk factors associated with development of cancer and other major diseases in dogs.

Learn more about the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study

Golden Retriever Lifetime Study

Improving Management of Lymphocytic Leukemia

To identify possible drug targetable pathways to improve the treatment of lymphocytic leukemia, researchers are further studying the genetic risk factors that play a large role in the disease.

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