Cerebellar hypoplasia (Dandy Walker Like Malformation)

Application:
- Heterozygous carrier identification
- Differential diagnosis in cases of locomotion and coordination problems
DWLM is a hypoplasia of the cerebellum that results in ataxia with varying severity from staggering gait to episodic falling. First symptoms appear when the dog starts to walk. It is in an autosomal recessively inherited disease, only dogs with two mutated alleles are affected.