Disease Information

Border Collie dogs have been reported with the following diseases involving the nervous system

Arachnoid Diverticula
Autoimmune Polymyositis
Cerebellar Disease
Cerebellar Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
Cryptococcosis
Deafness
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Dysautonomia
Episodic Exercise-Induced Collapse
Extradural Synovial Cyst
Fibrocartilaginous Embolic Myelopathy
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hydrocephalus
Idiopathic Epilepsy
Idiopathic Tremor Syndrome
Intervertebral Disk Disease
Lumbosacral Disease/Cauda Equina Syndrome
Megaesophagus
Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Origin
Multiple Cartilaginous Exostoses
Muscular Dystrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
Myokymia
Nemaline Rod Myopathy
Neoplasia
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Orthostatic Tremor
Otogenic Meningoencephalitis
Polyneuropathy
Polyneuropathy/Laryngeal Paralysis Complex
Polyradiculoneuritis
Spondylosis Deformans
Steroid-Responsive Meningitis-Arteritis
Vertebral Malformation
Vestibular Disease​

Note - diseases are listed in alphabetical order, not in order of prevalence or significance

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