Large Animal Neurology

Preface to Third Edition vii About the Companion Website ix Part I Evaluation of Large Animal Neurologic Patients 1 Practical neuroanatomy 3 2 Neurologic evaluation 11 3 Ancillary diagnostic aids 52 4 Pathologic responses of the nervous system 75 Part II Clinical Problems in Large Animal Neurology 5 Disorders of behavior 91 6 Seizures and epilepsy 97 7 Sleep and acute collapse disorders 103 8 Coma and other altered states of consciousness 107 9 Blindness 111 10 Miosis, mydriasis, anisocoria, and Horner syndrome 114 11 Strabismus 121 12 Dropped mandible and masticatory muscle atrophy 125 13 Decreased and increased facial sensation 129 14 Facial paralysis and facial spasm 133 15 Pharyngeal dysphagia 137 16 Dilated esophagus 142 17 Laryngeal paresis and paralysis: roaring 144 18 Tongue paralysis 147 19 Head tilt, circling, nystagmus, and other signs of vestibular dysfunction 150 20 Deafness 156 21 Disorders of posture and movement 159 22 Incoordination of the head, neck, trunk and limbs: cerebellar diseases 171 23 Tetraparesis, paraparesis, and ataxia of the limbs: spinal cord diseases 175 24 Diffuse weakness 181 25 Paresis and paralysis of one limb: monoparesis 185 26 Bilateral brachial paresis to paralysis 191 27 Urinary bladder distention, dilated rectum and anus, and atonic tail: cauda equina syndrome 194 28 Pruritus, self- mutilation, headshaking, complex regional pain syndrome, and miscellaneous distressing disorders 198 29 Autonomic nervous system dysfunction 206 30 Vertebral and paravertebral problems: stiff neck and sore back 210 Part III Mechanisms and Specific Diseases 31 Congenital, familial, and genetic disorders 217 32 Infectious, inflammatory, and immune diseases 292 33 Physical, chemical, and thermal causes 373 34 Toxic diseases 412 35 Nutritional diseases 481 36 Metabolic diseases 503 37 Neoplasms and other tumors 521 38 Multifactorial and idiopathic disorders 532 Index 588