Degenerative Myelopathy

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Is there anyone of you, who knows a CsW with degenerative myelopathy?

Dogs with this disease become paralysed on the back side when they become older.
In the past there were a lot other diagnoses about dogs with paralysed hind limbs. But now there is a test for right diagnose for several breeds.

This disease is also spread in German shepherd breed and the Saarloos breed.
There was a test for GSD and since last month also for SWH!
So with good breeding selection there is no need to spread this disease more in these breeds.

Because this disease is also in GSD and SWH breed, I was wondering if anyone knows if degenerative myelopathy (or older CsW with paralysed hind limbs) also exists in CsW breed.

Explanation in English about what is degenerative myelopathy (of Michigan veterinary specialists)

• Degenerative myelopathy is a condition that results in progressive paralysis of the hind limbs in middle-aged to older German Shepherd dogs.
• The cause of this degeneration is unknown, but the underlying disease is degeneration of the white matter in the spinal cord.
• The white matter is the portion of the spinal cord responsible for transmitting information between the brain and the body.

More info in English language about this subject:

http://www.michvet.com/library/neuro...myelopathy.asp