Verkkothis vetcompass study explored random samples of anonymised veterinary clinical records from 2,662 english bulldogs and 22,039 dogs that are. Verkkoin his 1845 book “the dog,” the veterinarian william youatt dismissed the bulldog in much the way many describe modern pit bulls: Verkkothe objective was to assess whether the breed retains enough genetic diversity to correct the genotypic and phenotypic abnormalities associated. Verkkoresearchers found that bulldogs were twice as likely to have one or more health disorders in one year than other breeds, cnn reports.
