Neonatal cortical cerebellar abiotrophy (NCCD)

LABOKLIN Service ID: 8457

Cerebellar abiotrophy is a genetic disease that causes programmed cell-death of Purkinje-cells in the cerebellum. This loss of brain tissue leads to dysfunction of balance and motor funktion. Affected dogs exhibit symptoms soon after birth or in very early age. These include tremor, ataxia and spastic paralysis.

Method

FLP (Beagle); sequencing (Magyar Viszla)

Breed list

Beagle, Magyar Vizsla

Heredity

autosomal recessive

Duration

1-2 weeks after arrival of the samples in the lab