IDIOPATHIC GENERALISED TREMOR SYNDROME Idiopathic generalised tremor syndrome is a condition in which a dog may develop a sudden marked intention tremor of the head and limbs that worsens with exercise, stress and excitement, but disappears with sleep. Commonly affected breed include WHWT, Cocker spaniel and Maltese. The syndrome is occasionally associated with vestibullocerebellar signs such as head tilt and/or tremor of the eyeball (opsoclonus) as seen in this video sent to us at Vet Oracle Te

Episodic mandibular tremor manifested as teeth chattering might be a stress- or excitement-associated idiopathic movement disorder of dogs, although a manifestation of pain due to an underlying systemic disease should be first ruled out. 🐶 Learn more: jav.ma/emt | Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - JAVMA

IDIOPATHIC GENERALISED TREMOR SYNDROME (IGTS) Nice multicentre retrospective study on IGTS freshly published in VetRecord. Previously called 'white shaker syndrome', it is now accepted that this condition affects non-white coat colour dog breeds. As this study shows, West highland white terriers appear to be predisposed but also cocker spaniel. Other headlines from this study include: 1) median age of 17 months, 2) over 93% experienced as well as the high frequency generalised tremors concomitan

IDIOPATHIC GENERALISED TREMOR SYNDROME (IGTS) IGTS is a condition in which a dog develop, in the absence of metabolic or toxic causes, a sudden marked intention tremor of the head and limbs, that worsens with exercise, stress and excitement but disappear with sleep. The term white shaker syndrome was coined due to the high prevalence of this condition in young, mature (