A Michael Broad Blog
Nasal congestion in Peke-face Persian cats by Michael Broad Phew…I’ve started with that word because this is the 14th inherited Peke-face Persian disease I have explained in an infographic. I have come to the end. 😊😢. Click this link to see them all! It is sad, though, that I feel a duty to create …
Entropion is an inherited eye condition and a logical consequence of the cat fancy’s Peke-face Persian’s breed standard, which aims to produce the extremely flat face. The infographic outlines the causes, symptoms, and treatments. Long-term prevention would be fairly straightforward: reduce the extreme selective breeding over a long time to produce cats with more …
Lordosis is among the 14 inherited diseases that can afflict the extreme-bred Peke-face Persian cat. The infographic succinctly summarizes the condition. To see more inherited diseases depicted in infographics that affect this popular breed, click on this link. It’s truly unfortunate that such a beloved breed is plagued by a wide array of inherited …
In a succinct infographic I explain a classic health problem associated with the Peke-face (flat-faced) Persian: tear duct overflow due to tear duct obstruction which in turn is due to a distorted facial anatomy which in turn is due to the extreme breeding of this breed as a result of decades of mismanagement by …
Once again, my objective in this infographic about another inherited disease affecting the Peke-face Persian is to make normally lengthy and complicated medical reports accessible to the general public to allow a better understanding of how, for me, the breeding of the Persian has been very wrong for many decades (‘over-typed‘); perhaps since the …
Once again, I have employed considerable effort 😎 in converting a complicated study report about the predisposition of the Persian cat breed to getting ringworm, into a quick and easy read, in the form of an infographic. The idea is to make these studies available to everyone; especially those involved in breeding cats including …
The infographic succinctly explains this disease to which the Persian cat breed is predisposed. Sadly, this breed is also predisposed to other genetically inherited diseases. It really is upsetting to understand that the cat fancy has allowed this to happen and to perpetuate it. The initial information for the infographic comes from a study …
The infographic takes core information from a very medically technical study referred to in the infographic and summarises it in a few words. It is an example of extreme precising. The goal is to present hard-to-understand information in a very easy to understand image. It is a quick read which is suited to modern …
