{"topic_id":"companion_breed_health_dalmatian_omia5063_dog","category":"companion-breed-health","context":"---\nlicense: permission_granted\ntopic_id: companion_breed_health_dalmatian_omia5063_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-health\ntitle: \"Dalmatian — Lysosomal storage disease, CNP-related (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"OMIA (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals, University of Sydney) breed-specific hereditary-disorder record, saved verbatim to source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02 from local OMIA database dump.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-health/dalmatian_omia5063_5063.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 898\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-02\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-health/companion_breed_health_dalmatian_omia5063_dog/01_companion_breed_health_dalmatian_omia5063_dog.md\nsource_document: \"OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)\"\n  title: \"Dalmatian — Lysosomal storage disease, CNP-related (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)\"\n  url: \"https://omia.org/OMIA002591/9615/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"OMIA breed-specific hereditary-disorder records (omia.org), derived from local OMIA database dump; dataset: https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70\"\n  doc_type: \"academic animal-genetics database (breed-specific disorder entries)\"\n  needs_review: false\n\n\n# Dalmatian — Lysosomal storage disease, CNP-related (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)\n\nSource: first-hand OMIA (University of Sydney) breed-specific hereditary-disorder record, saved verbatim to `source_file`; every claim below is a C1 byte-substring of it.\n\n## Claims\n\n- `Breed: Dalmatian (Dog)`\n- `Disorder: `\n- `Mode of inheritance: Autosomal incomplete dominant`\n- `Summary: Bullock et al. (2022) report a progressive neurological disorder in purebred Dalmatian dogs with similarities to the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses. Keller et al. (2024) report a Weimaraner with the same condition caused by a different variant in the emCNP/em gene.`\n- `Clin feat: Bullock et al. (2022): “The disease [in Dalmatians] is characterized by anxiety, pacing and circling, hypersensitivity, cognitive decline, sleep disturbance, loss of coordination, loss of control over urination and defecation, and visual impairment. Neurological signs first became apparent when the dogs were approximately 18 months of age and progressed slowly. Two affected littermates were euthanized at approximately 7 years, 5 months and 8 years, 2 months of age due to the severity of neurological impairment. The mother of the affected dogs and four other relatives exhibited milder, later-onset neurological signs.”brKeller et al. (2024) report a male Weimaraner: Clinical signs included fecal incontinence, lethargy, moderate paraparesis, proprioceptive pelvic limb ataxia, falling, cognitive decline, incoordination, decreased interest in food, changes in posture, and episodes of trance-like behavior. Neurologic signs were first observed at approximately 4 years, 10 months of age and progressed slowly. Magnetic resonance imaging showed generalized brain atrophy with areas of white matter pathology. Humane euthanasia was elected at 6 years, 7 months of age due to increasing severity of the neurological signs`\n- `Defect: yes`\n- `Pathology: Bullock et al. (2022): “Pronounced accumulations of autofluorescent intracellular inclusions were found in cerebral cortex, cerebellum, optic nerve, and cardiac muscle of the affected [Dalmatian] dogs. These inclusions co-localized with immunolabeling of the lysosomal marker protein LAMP2 and bound antibodies to mitochondrial ATPase subunit c, indicating that the dogs suffered from a lysosomal storage disease with similarities to the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses. Ultrastructural analysis indicated that the storage bodies were surrounded by a single-layer membrane, but the storage granules were distinct from those reported for other lysosomal storage diseases.”brKeller et al. (2024) report histopathological findings in the affected Weimaraner: Autofluorescent intracellular granules were observed in the cerebral and cerebellar cortexes, optic nerve, and cardiac muscle of the affected dog. These abnormal inclusions in the cerebral cortex and cardiac muscle immunolabeled with antibodies to mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit c protein, like that observed in the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis group of lysosomal storage diseases. Immunolabeling also demonstrated pronounced neuroinflammation in brain tissues. The ultrastructural appearances of the disease-related inclusion bodies in the brain and optic nerve were quite variable. The ultrastructure and locations of many of the inclusions in the nervous tissues suggested that they were derived, at least in part, from the myelin surrounding axons. The storage bodies in the cardiac muscle were located in mitochondria-rich regions and consisted of parallel arrays of membrane-like components interspersed with electron-dense flocculent material. The disease was characterized by pronounced abnormalities in the myelin of the brain and optic nerve consisting of distinctive areas of ballooning between the layers of myelin.`\n## Associated gene(s)\nDerived from OMIA database dump (omia.xml, local); structured field, not verbatim prose. First-hand values below are verbatim substrings of the topic's pdf-raw/omia/<phene_id>.txt source file.\n- Gene: Entrez Gene ID 388303336 (no symbol in OMIA GeneSynonym) — OMIA Phene_Gene\n- OMIA molecular-genetics note: Bullock et al. (2022): “ Whole genome sequences, generated with DNA from the two euthanized Dalmatians, both contained a rare, homozygous single-base deletion and reading-frame shift in CNP … . The late-onset disease was exhibited by five of seven related Dalmatians that were heterozygous for the deletion allele and over 8 years of age, whereas none of 16 age-matched reference-allele homozygotes d…\n\n## Evidence (references)\nDerived from OMIA database dump (omia.xml, local); structured field, not verbatim prose. First-hand values below are verbatim substrings of the topic's pdf-raw/omia/<phene_id>.txt source file.\n- 2022. Lysosomal storage disease associated with a CNP sequence variant in Dalmatian dogs. Gene — PubMed:PMID35447247 | DOI:10.1016/j.gene.2022.146513 — OMIA Phene_Article / Article\n- 2024. Homozygous CNP mutation and neurodegeneration in Weimaraners: Myelin abnormalities and accumulation of lipofuscin-like inclusions. Genes (Basel) — PubMed:PMID38397235 | DOI:10.3390/genes15020246 — OMIA Phene_Article / Article\n- 2023. An overview of canine inherited neurological disorders with known causal variants. Animals (Basel) — PubMed:PMID38003185 | DOI:10.3390/ani13223568 — OMIA Phene_Article / Article\n\n## Comparative medicine (human OMIM)\nDerived from OMIA database dump (omia.xml, local); structured field, not verbatim prose. First-hand values below are verbatim substrings of the topic's pdf-raw/omia/<phene_id>.txt source file.\n- OMIM:619071 (type: gene) — OMIA Group_OMIM (via OMIA_ID)\n- OMIM:123830 (type: gene) — OMIA Group_OMIM (via OMIA_ID)\nverification_derived:\n  method: derived_from_dataset\n  source: \"OMIA database dump (omia.xml, local); fields Gene/Variant/Article/OMIM\"\n  note: \"Structured fields (gene, variant rsID/protein change, PubMed/DOI references, OMIM cross-link) extracted from OMIA dump and presented with first-hand values; not verbatim prose.\"\n","sources":["companion-breed-health — Dalmatian — Lysosomal storage disease, CNP-related (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-health","title":"Dalmatian — Lysosomal storage disease, CNP-related (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35447247/","retrieved":"","ref":"PMID 35447247","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"","verification_file":""},"source_document":"","source_file":"","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":1227,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}