Disease Information

German Shepherd Dogs* have been reported with the following diseases involving the nervous system

Anencephaly
Autoimmune Polymyositis
Calcinosis Circumscripta
Cerebellar Ischemic Stroke
Cervical Spondylomyelopathy
Cryptococcosis
Deafness
Degenerative Myelopathy
Dysautonomia
Exercise-Induced Collapse
Extradural Synovial Cyst
Fibrocartilaginous Embolism
Fibrotic Myopathy
Giant Axonal Neuropathy
Glycogenosis Type III
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hydrocephalus
Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy
Hypoplasia of the Dens
Idiopathic Epilepsy
Inherited Motor and Sensory Neuropathies
Intervertebral Disk Disease
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Lumbosacral Disease
Masticatory Muscle Myositis
Megaesophagus- Acquired
Megaesophagus- Congenital
Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Origin
Mitochondrial Myopathy
Multiple Cartilaginous Exostosis
Myasthenia Gravis
Myotonia
Neoplasia
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Peripheral Neuropathy
Polyneuropathy/Laryngeal Paralysis
Polyradiculoneuritis
Spina Bifida
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spongiform Leukodystrophy
Spondylosis Deformans
Steroid Responsive Meningitis-Arteritis
Trigeminal Neuritis
Vestibular Disease

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

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*White Shepherd dogs and German Shepherd Dogs may be considered as variants of the same breed by some Kennel Clubs