Can animals get down syndrome?

Yes. There have been several chimpanzees found with Down Syndrome. As the syndrome is caused by an extra copy of a specific chromosome (chromosome 21 in humans) only animals closely related to humans have a similar syndrome. read more

Down syndrome was discovered in humans after research and notable physical characteristics, but it has also been found that many animals may have difficulties similar to this disease. Some animals have the same physical problems as a human. read more

Animals can have chromosomal anomalies - but they can't have Down's Syndrome as they don't have any copies of a human chromosome 21. Animals closely related to humans can have something close if their species has enough chromosomes they could even have a trisomy of chromosome 21 - but it's not real Down's Syndrome. read more

Yes. There have been several chimpanzees found with Down Syndrome. As the syndrome is caused by an extra copy of a specific chromosome (chromosome 21 in humans) only animals closely related to humans have a similar syndrome. Extra copies of other chromosomes cause even more serious syndrome and most are not compatible with life. read more