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PetMD’s healthiest cat breed selections

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    Balinese

    Photo: Mary Desmond
    CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
    “Old-Style Balinese Cat.png”
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    Bombay

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    British Shorthair

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    Havana Brown

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    LaPerm

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    Nebelung

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    Ragdoll

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    Russian Blue

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    Siamese

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Ten breeds featured in Alison Gerken’s PetMD article, in source order. This is the publisher’s selection; any cat can develop health problems, and the article discusses breed-specific risks and ongoing care.

Alison Gerken, DVM, DACVB, for PetMD; published December 18, 2023. Source heading order, not a comparative health ranking. Breed membership does not guarantee an individual cat’s health.

Source: https://www.petmd.com/cat/general-health/healthiest-cat-breeds

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Balinese
  2. Bombay
  3. British Shorthair
  4. Havana Brown
  5. LaPerm
  6. Nebelung
  7. Ragdoll
  8. Russian Blue
  9. Siamese
  10. Siberian
Photo credits
  1. Balinese: “Old-Style Balinese Cat.png” by Mary Desmond · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
    Pictured: Old-style Balinese
  2. Bombay: “Bombay femelle.JPG” by Pititebilette · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
  3. British Shorthair: “Mystica from British Empire Cattery.jpg” by Tamila Aspen / BritishEmpire · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
  4. Havana Brown: “Havana kittens.jpg” by Havanabrowngirl · CC BY 4.0 · cropped · Wikimedia Commons
    Pictured: Havana Brown kittens
  5. LaPerm: “Laperm LH blacktortie white.jpg” by Bebopscrx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
  6. Nebelung: “Aleksandr van Song de Chine.jpg” by Nebelung · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
  7. Ragdoll: “Ragdoll from Gatil Ragbelas.jpg” by Simone Johnsson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
    Earlier change: Cropped from the Flickr source before upload (file description: "Cropped from source listed below.").
  8. Russian Blue: “Russian blue kitten (cropped).jpg” by Anna Utekhina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
    Pictured: Russian Blue kitten
    Earlier change: Cropped from the original-version file before this upload (Commons "Extracted from").
    Original version: Russianbluekitten.jpg · Commons "Extracted from": this file is a crop of that upload.
  9. Siamese: “Siamese cat Vaillante.JPG” by Meekahoo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons
  10. Siberian: “Samiha's Siberian cat Moon Pie.jpg” by Floofymarshmallow · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped · Our changes to this photo use the same license. · Wikimedia Commons

Cat breeds curated by Fav Tings with Wikipedia references · photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited per photo.