"Body tremors" refers to uncontrollable shaking or trembling of the body.
Full definition
-- White Dog Shaker Syndrome: Also known as idiopathic steroid responsive shaker syndrome, it causes
full body tremors in small dog breeds.
The signs of tremorgenic mycotoxin poisoning can begin as fine muscle tremors and progress to
total body tremors, even convulsions leading to death.
In the latter three breeds, it is often termed dysmyelination because the clinical signs of
whole body tremor usually resolve spontaneously with time.
Gaia came in to San Diego Pet Hospital on a Saturday morning with
full body tremors, caused by eclampsia (low blood calcium), one day after delivering 8 puppies.
Call your veterinarian if you see seizures, excessive drooling or
body tremors.
Those surviving past 1 week develop ataxia, a whole -
body tremor and by 4 to 6 weeks of age, severe generalized clonic - tonic seizures.
Other health issues include collapsing tracheas, liver shunts, hypoglycemia, skin allergies, and white shaker dog syndrome (disease that causes the dog to have full
body tremors, most common in West Highland White Terriers, Maltese, Bolognese and Poodles).
Cats that have been exposed to a large amount of pyrethrin / pyrethroid - based insecticides will often have whole -
body tremors.
The signs of tremorgenic mycotoxin poisoning generally begin as fine muscle tremors that progress to very coarse total -
body tremors and, finally, convulsions that can lead to death in severe cases.
Hypomyelinogenesis congenita, in which myelination is delayed throughout the CNS, can resemble cerebellar disease due to the severe head and
body tremor that usually develops.