Veterian Key

51 Lameness Nerve root compression INITIAL PRESENTATION • Nerve root compression or infiltration causes pain, resulting in ‘root signature’ lameness in the innervated limb. • Three cases of forelimb lameness…

33 Deafness INTRODUCTION Air conducts sound waves to the tympanic membrane. This energy is transmitted via the malleus, incus and stapes ossicle chain of the middle ear to the fluid…

23 Blindness INITIAL PRESENTATION Bumps into things, reluctant to move, hesitant to use stairs, stumbles on uneven ground, sleeps all day, unable to locate moving or stationary objects, cannot catch…

20 Hydrocephalus INITIAL PRESENTATION Seizures. INTRODUCTION What appears strikingly abnormal to a vet does not always ring warning bells for the general public. In fact, one owner presented his ‘rottweiler…

55 Torticollis INTRODUCTION Scoliosis describes a lateral curvature of the spine. It may be congenital due to a wedge-shaped malformation of vertebral bodies (hemivertebrae). Acquired scoliosis occurs secondary to syringomyelia…

69 Neck pain INITIAL PRESENTATION Presenting signs may include: low head carriage, not lowering the head to eat from the floor, shaking, trembling, neck spasms which may create a ventral…

19 Cerebral haemorrhage INITIAL PRESENTATION Dull, seizures, circling. INTRODUCTION Haemorrhage into the nervous system may present as meningeal irritation causing neck pain or diffuse spinal pain. Lesions of the CNS…

68 Pain – an introduction Almost all pet owners equate pain with a poor quality of life. It is important to recognize the presence of pain in a disease process…

67 Unilateral atrophy of the masticatory muscle INITIAL PRESENTATION Asymmetry of head. SIGNALMENT A 6-year-old neutered female Labrador retriever dog. CASE PRESENTING SIGNS Skin wounds to the right face, altered…

44 LMN paresis and paralysis Acquired myasthenia gravis INITIAL PRESENTATION Dysphagia, regurgitation, retching, dysphonia, ptyalism, inability to blink, cervical ventroflexion (cat), tremors, stiffness progressing to generalized weakness with exercise, hindlimb…