The following synopsis was presented to Dr. Karen Wroblewski on March 24, 2017 from the University of Minnesota Canine Genetics Laboratory: POLYMYOSITIS A previously unknown inflammatory and
necrotizing myopathy was characterized in five related Dutch Shepherd dogs.
Biopsy results from the affected puppy were sent to the University of California, San Diego - Comparative Neuromuscular Laboratory where an inflammatory and
necrotizing myopathy of undetermined origin was concluded and a GWAS study (genome - wide association study) was recommended on their report of March 7, 2016.