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DM Degenerative-Myelopathy

1/4/2014

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I have recently learned about degenerative-myelopathy and it is not a nice disease.  Canine degenerative myelopthy, also known as chronic degenerative radiculomyelopthy, is an incurable, progressive disease of the canine spinal cord that is similar in many ways to amyotropic lateral sclerosis.  Onset is typically after the age of 7 years and it is seen most frequently in the GSD, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and boxer dog, though the disorder is strongly associated with a gene mutation in SOD1 that has been found in 43 breeds as of 2008.  Progressive weakness and incordination of the rear limbs are often the first signs seen in affected dogs, with progresson over time to complete paralysis. Myelin is an insulating sheath around neurons in the spinal cord.  One propsed cause of degenerative myelopathy is that the immune system attacks the sheath, breaking it down.  This results in a loss of communication between nerves in lower body of the animal and the brain.

I want  my followers to know that I will be testing my dogs for DM.  This is just another way to help preserve the long coat breed.
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    • Upcoming litters
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      • Litter by Fancy and Rueben
      • Litter by Serenity and Rueben
      • Litter by Venus and Rueben
    • Adult Dogs for Sale
    • Reviews - Google
    • YELP Reviews
    • Gallery
  • My Dogs
    • Sires/Males >
      • Ammo Von Den Sportwaffen
      • Black Powder Von Der Lieb
      • Ziegfried Zelig Von Majic Forest
    • Dams/Females >
      • Adalia Vom Lieb >
        • Litter by Adalia and Gissmo
        • Born 2/26/17 Adalia & Ziggy
      • Calinda Vom Lieb >
        • 2017 Litter by Ziegfried and Calinda
        • 2016 Litter by Calinda & Ziegfried
        • 2015 Litter by Ziegfried and Calinda
        • 2014 Calinda Vom Lieb and Zeus Von Burton puppies born Sept 2014
      • Litters with outside Females >
        • Litter by Fancy and Ammo
      • KATIE LIEB VOM MAJIC FOREST >
        • 2020 Litter by Katie and Black Powder
        • 2019 Litter by Katie and Black Powder
        • 2018 Litter by Katie and Ammo
      • Leyna Vom Lieb >
        • 2020 Litter by Leyna and Ziggy
        • 2018 Litter by Leyna and Ammo
      • Vom Lieb's Basa Madchen >
        • 2017 Litter by Madchen and Ziggy
        • 2016 Litter by Ziegfried and Madchen
      • Onie Von Delacruz Lieb >
        • Litter by Onie and Ammo
      • Neevahs Night Wind Spirit >
        • 2017 Litter by Ammo and Neevah
        • 2016 Litter by Ammo and Neevah
        • 2014 Czar Winland Vom Kokeltal and Neevahs Night Wind Spirit Puppies Born Nov. 2014
        • 2014 Puppies by Neevah and Kaiser Feb. 2014
      • Royal K9s Remi Vom Haus Galli >
        • 2021 Litter by Astrid and Ammo
        • 2020 Litter by Remi and Ziegfried
        • 2017 Litter by Ziegfried and Remi
        • 2016 Ziegfried and Remi
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