Canine Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) is a fatal
neurodegenerative disease prevalent in several dog breeds. It
is progressive disease of the canine spinal cord that is similar
in many ways to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The disorder is
strongly associated with a gene mutation in SOD1. This work
concerns the study of the genetic disease with the identification
of the causal mutation, in order to develop a rapid test for his
detection, avoiding its transmission to the future generations