Now in full color, Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology, Third Edition provides a fully updated new edition of the most complete resource on managing neurology cases in small animal practice, with video clips on a companion website.
Provides comprehensive information for diagnosing and treating neurological conditions Printed in full color for the first time, with 400 new or improved images throughout Offers new chapters on differential diagnosis, magnetic resonance imaging, and movement disorders Retains the logical structure and easy-to-follow outline format of the previous editions
Includes access to video clips of specific disorders and a how-to video demonstrating the neurologic assessment online and a link to a digital canine brain atlas at www.wiley.com/go/dewey/neurology
About the Editors vii Notes on Contributors viii Preface ix Acknowledgments x About the Companion Website xi 1 Signalment and History: The First Considerations 1 Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa 2 Performing the Neurologic Examination 9 Curtis W. Dewey, Ronaldo C. da Costa, & William B. Thomas 3 Lesion Localization: Functional and Dysfunctional Neuroanatomy 29 Curtis W. Dewey 4 Differential Diagnosis 53 Ronaldo C. da Costa & Curtis W. Dewey 5 Neurodiagnostics 61 Curtis W. Dewey, Ronaldo C. da Costa, & Julie M. Ducote´ 6 Principles and Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging—Brain and Spine 87 Silke Hecht & Ronaldo C. da Costa 7 Encephalopathies: Disorders of the Brain 141 Curtis W. Dewey 8 Head-Trauma Management 237 Curtis W. Dewey & Daniel J. Fletcher 9 Seizures and Narcolepsy 249 William B. Thomas & Curtis W. Dewey 10 Involuntary Movements and Paroxysmal Disorders 269 Simon Platt 11 Disorders of Hearing and Balance: The Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN VIII) and Associated Structures 277 Sean G. Sanders 12 Cerebellar Diseases and Tremor Syndromes 299 Sean G. Sanders 13 Myelopathies: Disorders of the Spinal Cord 329 Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa 14 Disorders of the Cauda Equina 405 Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa 15 Spinal Trauma Management 423 Daniel J. Fletcher, Curtis W. Dewey, & Ronaldo C. da Costa 16 Neurology and Neuropharmacology of Normal and Abnormal Urination 437 Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa 17 Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System: Mononeuropathies and Polyneuropathies 445 Curtis W. Dewey & Lauren R. Talarico 18 Myopathies: Disorders of Skeletal Muscle 481 Curtis W. Dewey & Lauren R. Talarico 19 Junctionopathies: Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction 521 Jacques Penderis & Paula Martin-Vaquero 20 Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease 559 Mary Tefend Campbell & Janice L. Huntingford 21 Pharmacologic Management of Pain for Patients with Neurologic Disease 585 Bruno H. Pypendop & Linda S. Barter 22 Complementary and Alternative Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease 599 Karen L. Kline 23 Neurotoxicological Syndromes 611 David C. Dorman Canine Brain Atlas 633 Canine Brain Atlas Glossary 641 Thomas F. Fletcher Index 651
Curtis W. Dewey, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology), DACVS, is Section Chief of Neurology and Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York, USA. Ronaldo C. da Costa, DMV, MSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM (Neurology), is Associate Professor and Service Head, Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Reviews for Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology
There is also an impressive list of references at the end of each chapter should the reader need more details. A great tool for those of us who are serious about their neurology. (Vet Nurses Today, 1 January 2016)
