Disease Information

Irish Setter dogs have been reported with the following diseases involving the nervous system​​

Degenerative Myelopathy
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Globoid cell Leukodystrophy
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hereditary Quadriplegia and Ambylopia
Hydrocephalus
Idiopathic Epilepsy
Lumbosacral Disease
Megaesophagus
Narcolepsy/Cataplexy
Neoplasia
Polyneuropathy/Laryngeal Paralysis Complex
Spondylosis Deformans

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

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