At 3:15 PM -0400 4/25/99, Dean Mair wrote:

>>        When did CEA enter the collie population? How common is it in
>>Aussies and BCs?.....
>
>I have not seen Aussies or ES mentioned. Willis in 1989 said, "...Rough
>Collie, Smooth Collie and Shetland Sheepdog all suffer from CEA. Barnett
>(1969a) exonerated the Border Collie but in 1976 reported two cases. In
>view of the large number of Border Collies examined under the PRA schemes
>this suggests that incidence in the breed is negligible."

        hmmm, I know, ages ago when I was ready up on aussies there were
mentions of occasional eye problems with reference to collies but I don't
know if it was PRA or CEA or what... I'll check whatever books I have to
see if it is mentioned anywhere in them.
        maybe it was just my imagination....

                jan