Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)

LABOKLIN Service ID: 8537

This disease is caused by a mutation. Affected dogs will show first indications of the ataxia at the age of 3-6 months. First clinical signs are loss of balance and minor incoordination of gait while later symptoms can be a progressive incoordination or a complete loss of mobility. In opposite to the “late onset ataxia (LOA)”, an extra SCA symptom is subsultus. The average life expectancy is under three years.

Method	TaqMan SNP assay; sequencing (Alpine Dachsbracke)
Breed list	Alpine Dachsbracke, Fox Terrier, Jack Russell Terrier, Parson Russell Terrier, Patterdale Terrier, Tenterfield Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier
Heredity	autosomal recessive
Duration	3-5 days after arrival of the sample in the lab 1-2 weeks after arrival of the sample in the lab (Alpine Dachsbracke)