Craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO)

LABOKLIN Service ID: 8348

Craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO) is a painful proliferative bone disease affecting dogs of both sexes less than 1 year of age. Clinically, the disease is characterized by intermittent episodes of concurrent fever and painful mandibular swelling. An X-ray examination will show mandibular bone proliferation. Commonly, the first signs of CMO disease onset are pain symptoms during feed uptake frequently accompanied by periods of fever.

Method	TaqMan SNP assay
Breed list	Cairn Terrier, Scottish Terrier, West Highland White Terrier
Heredity	autosomal dominant with variable penetrance
Duration	3 - 5 days after arrival of the sample in the lab