Kardiomyopathie und Juvenile Mortalität (CJM) Labrador Retriever Affected dogs show elevated levels

Affected dogs show elevated levels of serum creatine kinase

One mutation is inherited in incompletely recessive manner

Mutation: CCDC66-Gen

0 is possible at any time without complications

Symptoms include excessive drinking (polydipsia)

Kardiomyopathie und Juvenile Mortalität (CJM) Labrador Retriever Affected dogs show elevated levelsCardiomyopathy and juvenile mortality (CJM) is a hereditary disease in Belgian Shepherd Dog breed. The clinical phenotype of this disease is unspecific and variable. Puppies are usually born without any visible signs of the disease. At the age of six to eight weeks after normal development puppies usually die. Only a few days prior the death they show some of various clinical signs such as vomiting, dyspnoea, lethargy and muscle twitching. In one of