Votive offering, painted on wood, perhaps southern Germany, or northern Italy, 1839. Ex-voto â eyes, silver, 5 x 12 cm, 1836, Josip (Joseph) Haller (probably a Croat), Diocesan Museum, Zagreb, foto: Dr. Daniiel Herceg, 1998. Votives in gold and silver bought to buy grace in heaven.
Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease characterized by a general lack of coordination of muscle movements in the pelvic limbs. Dogs affected slowly lose control and function of their hind limbs. DM is a condition that progresses slowly and typically affects dogs 8 years of age or older.
Myelopathy is most commonly caused by spinal stenosis, which is a progressive narrowing of the spinal canal. In the later stages of spinal degeneration, bone spurs and arthritic changes make the space available for the spinal cord within the spinal canal much smaller.