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Spongiform Leukoencephalomyelopathy
  • Description
  • Signalment
  • Clinical Features
  • Neurolocalization
  • Genetics
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Spongiform leukoencephalopathy is a generalized progressive degenerative vacuolation of white matter of the brain and spinal cord.
Age of Onset: 5 years of age
Sex Predisposition: Any sex of animal can be affected
Clinical Course:
​Clinical signs worsen over time
Clinical Signs:
Behavioral/Mental Awareness
Acral-mutilation

Movement
Ataxia

Proprioception
Postural reaction deficits

Cranial Nerves
Absent palpebral reflex
Absent swallowing reflex

Spinal Reflxes
Patellar arreflexia
White matter of the brain and spinal cord
Unknown
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