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17.4
percent prevalence
verified
Pug: disorder most strongly associated with the breed by odds ratio (of disorders significantly more common than in non-breed dogs) -- Obesity
as of 2026-09-07 · license: CC-BY-4.0
- UK primary-care veterinary clinic population (VetCompass), not a breed census.
- Ranked by odds ratio vs. non-breed dogs, not by raw prevalence rank within the breed.
Source
Canine Genetics and Epidemiology / Canine Medicine and Genetics (BMC) — O'Neill DG, Skipper A, Packer RMA, Church D, Brodbelt DC, Zhu Q, Chang YM, Lea E, Volk HA (2022). Health of Pug dogs in the UK: disorder predispositions and protections. Canine Medicine and Genetics 9:4.
https://cgejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40575-022-00117-6
retrieved 2026-09-07
Method
Quoted verbatim from the source above.