Disease Information

West Highland White Terrier dog​s have been reported with the following diseases involving the nervous system

Arachnoid Cysts
Caudal Occipital Malformation Syndrome
Constrictive Myelopathy 
Deafness
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Episodic Mandibular Tremor
Fibrocartilaginous Embolic Myelopathy
Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy 
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hydrocephalus
Idiopathic Epilepsy
Idiopathic Tremor Syndrome
Intervertebral Disk Disease
Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Origin
Metabolic Encephalomyelopathy
Myelodysplasia 
Myotonia
Necrotizing Encephalitis
Neoplasia
Spondylosis Deformans 

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

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