Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy
- Affects Irish setters
- Caused by a single major autosomal recessive gene
- Note: most genetic diseases in dogs are autosomal recessive
- Unlike humans- most are autosomal dominant.
- Note: most genetic diseases in dogs are autosomal recessive
- Histology
- Partial villus atrophy in the jejunum.
- Increased intestinal permeability.
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