Neonatal Cortical Cerebellar Abiotrophy (NCCD) – Beagle

Cerebellar Ataxia is a category of often severe neural disorders that cause a loss of physial coordination. This variant of the disease, known as Cerebellar Abiotrophy, Neonatal Cerebellar Cortical Degeneration (NCCD) or simply Spinocerebellar Ataxia, is found in the Beagle. It is caused by a recessive mutation to the gene SPTBN2. Other variants of the disease have been reported in the Rhodesian Ridgeback, Samoyed, Irish Setter and Coton De Tulear.