Are Most White Cat With Blue Eyes Deaf

Eye color in white cats also relates to the potential for deafness.

Are most white cat with blue eyes deaf. The reason is the aforementioned W genotype. If we look at the percentage of the white-coat cat with blue eyes they account for 075 to 20 of the total cat population. However not all white coat cats have blue eyes.

However all white cats or kitten are likely to be deaf and it. Interestingly most white cats regardless of eye color exhibit a special kind of deafness. The reason as you may have guessed is heredity.

The variable penetrance of deafness and eye colour may be caused by interplay with other genes andor environmental factors. Furthermore if a cat has one blue eye and one green the ear on the side of the blue eye is more likely to be deaf than the other. Their eye color is mainly due to a cellular issue.

40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf. The health problem occurs due to. It found the animals under observation to be deaf.

The mech-anism of inheritance of deafness in white cats has not been determined to date and advanced statistical genetic analy-. White kitten with blue eyes are often be associated with blindness and deafness. However there is no need to be feared to bring a cat with blue eyes home because more than 50 percents of cats who are not pure white their blue eyes are not always related to deafness and blindness.

A 1997 study showed a 72 incidence rate which further explained the process. Cheers --- terry tery pride APDT-Aus apdt1827 CVA IPDTA TDF. However that is not guaranteed.