Are Most White Cat With Blue Eyes Deaf

Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear.

Are most white cat with blue eyes deaf. So not all white cats are deaf and not all blue-eyed white cats are deaf but a great many of them are so-affected. Unlike other white cats blue-eyed white cats have slightly different genetics. 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.

Statistically 85 of F white blue-eyed cats are entirely deaf. What is the risk of deafness in a white cat. Cheers --- terry tery pride APDT-Aus apdt1827 CVA IPDTA TDF.

And 65 to 85 percent of white cats with two blue eyes were deaf. Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf. 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf.

Thus deafness is strongly linked to the white coat colour and blue eye colour but not all white cats or white cats with blue eyes are necessarily deaf. Unless both ears are affected cats may. The mech-anism of inheritance of deafness in white cats has not been determined to date and advanced statistical genetic analy-.

Interestingly most white cats regardless of eye color exhibit a special kind of deafness. The percentage rises to 40 percent if the cat has one blue eye while upwards of 65 to 85 percent of all-white cats with both eyes blue are deaf. Interestingly deaf cats who are white and have blue eyes make up around just 1-15 of the total cat population.

Once again the brilliant scientist was right since between 56 and 90 of cats according to different studies with white coat and blue eye color are deaf from one or both ears. A cat with dominant genes of white fur may have blue or orange eyes while the albino cat may have blue or pink eyes. A 1997 study showed a 72 incidence rate which further explained the process.