White Cats With Blue Eyes Are Usually Deaf

Are all white cats deaf.

White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. Can only detect less than 5000 characters1965RSPSPP162147B. A cat with an extreme form of the white-spotting gene may have more-or-less the same coloring maybe a few blond or gray hairs but is no more likely to be deaf than any other cat. White cats with blue and green eyes deaf.

These cats are three to five times more likely to be deaf than white cats with non-blue eyes. The fact is that hereditary deafness does tend to be a serious concern in white cats. As for white cats with only one blue eye about 30-40 will be deaf.

The notion that blue-eyed white cats are deaf comes from many cats with Waardenburg syndrome being solid white with blue eyes. This percentage is even higher up to 40 in cats that have only one blue eye and somewhere between 65-85 of all-white cats are born deaf. The gene responsible for the deafness in white cats is dominant and symbolised by the letter W for white obviously.

White color of the coat occurs in cats in the following three ways. When one or both eyes are blue anywhere from 60 to 80 of white cats will be deaf. 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf.

Among white cats with two blue eyes about 60-80 are deaf. An estimated 40 percent of white cats with blue eyes are deaf which is high. First of all it can be said that not all white cats are deaf but they are more likely to be deaf since they carry the so-called gene W White of white in English especially those that have one eye of each color or blue eyes.

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