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Most common presentation is sudden unexpected death with no clinical signs, although clinical depression and inappetence before collapse and fulminant congestive heart failure have been observed.
Average age of death is 12 weeks of age
Autosomal recessive
Histological findings consistent with dilated cardiomyopathy.
2-2 (Homozygous Disease-Associated Markers)
Probable Affected (JDCM)
2-2 (Probable Affected) dogs are expected to develop JDCM. Due to the inherent nature of linked marker tests, there is a small chance that a pattern 2-2 dog is actually a carrier, and an even smaller chance that the dog is normal.
1-2 (Heterozygous)
Probable Carrier (Healthy)
1-2 (Probable Carrier) dogs are not expected to develop JDCM, and are predicted to be carriers of JDCM. Due to the inherent nature of linked marker tests, there is a slight chance that a 1-2 dog is either normal (not a carrier), or will develop JDCM.
1-1 (Homozygous Normal Markers)
Probable Normal (Healthy)
1-1 (Probable Normal) dogs are not expected to develop JDCM, nor are they expected to pass a JDCM-causing allele to their offspring. Due to the inherent nature of linked marker tests, there is a slight chance that a pattern 1-1 dog is a carrier of JDCM and an even smaller chance that a pattern 1-1 dog is affected.