Familial episodic ataxia in lambs is potentially associated with a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor 14 (FGF14) gene.

Familial episodic ataxia of lambs is a congenital transient autosomal dominant disorder of newborn lambs, with varying expressivity. Affected lambs show episodes of an asymmetric ataxic gait, base-wide extensor hypertonia of the thoracic limbs and flexor hypertonia of the pelvic limbs. The aim of th...

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Main Authors: K E Dittmer, R D Jolly, I G Mayhew, A L Ridler, A Chernyavtseva, D J Garrick, H T Blair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5734737?pdf=render