A Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology

by Dewey, Curtis W.

• ISBN13: 9780813816722
• ISBN10: 0813816726
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology provides students and clinicians with the tools necessary to understand and be clinically proficient with neurology cases faced in small animal practice. Highlights of the Second Edition include new coverage of breed predisposition, signalment and history, spinal disorders, and expanded coverage of pain management and diagnostic imaging. Designed as a user-friendly guide, practitioners, specialists, and students alike will enjoy the book's practical and clinically relevant approach.

Author Biography

Curtis W. Dewey, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology), DACVS, is Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Section Chief of Neurology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, NY.

Table of Contents

Patient Signalment and History: The First Consideration

Functional and Dysfunctional Neuroanatomy: The Key to Lesion Localization

Performing the Neurologic Examination

Neurodiagnostics.

Encephalopathies: Disorders of the Brain

Head Trauma Management

Seizures and Narcolepsy.

Disorders of Hearing and Balance: The Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN VIII) and Associated Structures.

Cerebellar Diseases and Tremor Syndromes.

Myelopathies: Disorders of the Spinal Cord

Disorders of the Cauda Equina

Spinal Trauma Management

Neurology and Neuropharmacology of Normal and Abnormal Urination

Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System: Mononeuropathies and Polyneuropathies

Myopathies: Disorders of Skeletal Muscle.

Junctionopathies: Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

Nursing Care and Physical Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease

Pharmacologic Management of Pain for Patients with Neurologic Disease.

Complementary and Alternative Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease.

Neurotoxicological Syndromes

Appendix: Color Atlas of Canine Brain Anatomy

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