Disease Information

Domestic Shorthair cats have been reported with the following diseases involving the nervous system

Arachnoid Cyst
Cerebellar Disease
Cerebellar Ischemic Stroke
Cerebral Malformation
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Discospondylitis
Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome
Dysautonomia
Encephalocele
Feline Audiogenic Reflex Seizures
Feline Orofacial Pain Syndrome
Fucosidosis
Gangliosidosis Type II
Haw's Syndrome
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Holoprosencephaly
Idiopathic Generalized Tremor Syndrome
Idiopathic Oculomotor Neuropathy
Intervertebral Disc Disease
Ischemic Myelopathy
Lissencephaly
Malignant Hyperthermia
Masticatory Muscle Myositis
Megaesophagus
Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Origin
Merosin-Deficient Myopathy
Mucolipidosis II
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Multiple Cartilaginous Exostosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
Myoclonic Epilepsy
Myotonia Congenita
Nemaline Myopathy
Neoplasia
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Neuronal Heterotopia
Organic Aciduria
Osteochondromatosis
Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Polymyositis
Polyneuritis
Porencephaly
Rathke's Cleft Cyst
Spongiform Encephalopathy
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Vertebral Malformation
Vestibular Disease

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

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