The quality of eye is not unique to Border Collies, but it is stronger and more consistent in that breed than in English Shepherds or Australian Shepherds. Both Australian Shepherds and English Shepherds work in a what is often called a loose-eyed fashion, to contrast it to the strong eye of Border Collies.
Spina bifida is a type of birth defect of an unborn baby's brain, spine, or spinal cord. Screening tests during pregnancy can detect. Spina bifida is a type of birth defect of an unborn baby's brain, spine, or spinal cord.
Characteristics. The effects of myelomeningocele, the most serious form of spina bifida, may include muscle weakness or paralysis below the area of the spine where the incomplete closure (or cleft) occurs, loss of sensation below the cleft, and loss of bowel and bladder control.pina Bifida means cleft spine, which is an incomplete closure in the spinal column. In general, the three types of spina bifida (from mild to severe) are: 1  Spina Bifida Occulta: There is an opening in one or more of the vertebrae (bones) of the spinal column without apparent damage to the spinal cord.