ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Simon Platt: College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
Natasha Olby: University College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, USA
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Foreword
Preface
Part 1: Diagnostic procedures
1 The neurological examination
Laurent Garosi and Mark Lowrie
2 Lesion localization and differential diagnosis
Laurent Garosi
3 Clinical pathology
Heather Wamsley
4 Electrophysiology
Luc Poncelet and Roberto Pomaâ€
5 Neuroimaging
Natasha Olby and Donald E. Thrall
6 Tissue biopsy
Sam Long and T. James Anderson
7 Genetic diseases
Dennis O’Brien
Part 2: Neurological presentations
8 Seizures
Michael Podell
9 Coma, stupor and mentation change
Rodney S. Bagley and Simon Platt
10 Disorders of eyes and vision
Jacques Penderis
11 Head tilt and nystagmus
Karen R. Muñana
12 Neurological abnormalities of the head and face
Nick Jeffery and Nicolas Granger
13 Tremors, involuntary movements and paroxysmal disorders
Rodney S. Bagley and Simon Platt
14 Neck and back pain
Simon Platt and A. Courtenay Freeman
15 Tetraparesis
Natasha Olby
16 Paraparesis
Joan R. Coates
17 Monoparesis
Sònia Añor
18 Exercise intolerance and collapse
Simon Platt and G. Diane Shelton
19 Tail, anal and bladder dysfunction
Joan R. Coates
20 Neurological emergencies
Simon Platt and Natasha Olby
Part 3: Therapeutics
21 Anaesthesia and analgesia
Anthea L. Raisis and Gabrielle C. Musk
22 Principles of neurosurgery
Beverly K. Sturges and Peter J. Dickinson
23 Drug therapy for diseases of the central nervous system
Mark G. Papich
24 Radiation therapy of the nervous system
Amy Pruitt and Donald E. Thrall
25 Rehabilitation of the neurological patient
John Sherman†, Natasha Olby and Krista B. Halling
26 Treatment of neurological disorders with traditional Chinese veterinary medicine
Cheryl L. Chrisman
Index
