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What does it mean when a dog or cat has different eye colours?

March 4, 2016 Dr. Claire Jenkins

Dogs and cats can have eyes that are each a different colour. Specifically, it’s the coloured part of the eye called the iris. The term for different coloured irises in one individual, as well as different colours within the one iris, is heterochromia iridis. A dog or cat born with heterochromia does not have a […]

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