The company enlisted the expertise of Kondo's team, which confirmed that the condition was CSNB by using physiological measures of the dogs' retinal function. All the affected dogs showed signs characteristic of CSNB, specifically a type known as Schubert-Bornschein complete CSNB, which is also seen in humans. In this condition, there is a malfunction in the process by which signals are transmitted between the retina's photoreceptor cells and bipolar cells.