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Pack Vibes We Wrecked the Persian Cat (And Breeders Knew It'd Happen)
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The Persian cat's face is everywhere, but it's flawed by design.
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What the film says
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A Persian cat was shown at the first organised cat show, held at the Crystal Palace in London in 1871 and organised by Harrison Weir.
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Genetic research shows modern Persians are related to Western European cat breeds rather than to breeds from the Near East.
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The CFA standard calls for the forehead, nose and chin to be in vertical alignment.
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The Persian's brachycephalic skull can cause tear-duct deformity with running eyes, intracranial overcrowding and hydrocephaly.
Sources
Peer-reviewed
The Relationship between Brachycephalic Head Features in Modern Persian Cats and Dysmorphologies of the Skull and Internal Hydrocephalus
Schmidt, M. J.; Kampschulte, M.; Enderlein, S.; Gorgas, D.; et al.. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2017
Its description of the breed standard cites the CFA Persian standard.
Reference
Persian cats and brachycephaly
International Cat Care
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