Editing Smooth Fox Terrier (section)

== Health ==
Some known health problems are [[deafness]], [[luxating patellas]] and a variety of [[eye disorders]] such as [[lens luxation]], [[distichiasis]], and [[cataracts]]. Skeletal problems that can occur include Legge-Perthes disease and shoulder dislocations.  [[Myasthenia gravis]] and idiopathic epilepsy have also been reported, as well as [[goiter]].<ref>Clark, Ross D. DVM and Stainer, Joan R. ''Medical & Genetic Aspects of Purebred Dogs'' Fairway, Kansas: Forum Publications, 1994.</ref>

[[Ataxia]] is a [[hereditary]] condition in the breed. A mutation in the [[KCNJ10]] gene, which has been identified in the [[Jack Russell Terrier]] and [[Parson Russell Terrier]] as the cause of one type of ataxia, has also been identified in this breed.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Rohdin | first=Cecilia | last2=Gilliam | first2=Douglas | last3=O’Leary | first3=Caroline A. | last4=O’Brien | first4=Dennis P. | last5=Coates | first5=Joan R. | last6=Johnson | first6=Gary S. | last7=Jäderlund | first7=Karin Hultin | title=A KCNJ10 mutation previously identified in the Russell group of terriers also occurs in Smooth-Haired Fox Terriers with hereditary ataxia and in related breeds | journal=Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=57 | issue=1 | date=2015-05-23 | issn=1751-0147 | doi=10.1186/s13028-015-0115-1 | doi-access=free | page=| pmc=4445810 }}</ref>