Bewegung Induzierte Metabolische Myopathie (EIMM/CNM) - Deutscher Jagdterrier Hundebesitzer with the average age of

with the average age of onset being between 1 to 2 years after birth

A form of an inherited cerebellar ataxia in a family of a Belgian Shepherd dogs has been named central nervous system atrophy and cerebellar ataxia (CACA)

Mutation: CAT gene

Astrocytes are specialized cells in the brain and spinal cord

no recessive alleles for chocolate/liver brown are present

Bewegung Induzierte Metabolische Myopathie (EIMM/CNM) - Deutscher Jagdterrier Hundebesitzer with the average age ofExercise induced metabolic myopathy (EIMM) is an inherited muscle disease. Clinical signs include exercise induced muscle pain, suspected rhabdomyolysis, exercise intolerance and weakness. So far, the disease was only described in German Hunting Terriers. Affected dogs cannot be used for hunting as they collapse and develop tetraparesis or tetraplegia shortly after exercise. During these episodes, affected dogs present a brownish discoloration of the