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Basset hound
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Basset hound
a medium-sized, shorthaired dog with very short, bowed legs, long ears and a long body. The head is large with loose skin and large, pendulous lips. One of the achondroplastic breeds. It is subject to familial disorders of the platelets and primary glaucoma.


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Breeding that results in transplacental infection of litters may be the most important mechanism of transmission among foxhounds, which explains why this infection is limited to foxhounds even in situations in which foxhounds are housed with beagles and basset hounds (data not shown).
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