Kennedy Disease

Kennedy Disease. Kennedy's disease is an inherited motor neuron disease that affects males. A typical constellation of complaints in kennedy disease (kd) is an insidious onset of easy fatigability, muscle cramps, and weakness in the limbs.

The disease is likely present in all wild black abalone, which can carry the pathogen without manifesting symptoms. Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, also known as kennedy disease, is a disorder of specialized nerve cells that control muscle movement (motor neurons).