Large Animal Neurology

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to neurologic disease in large domestic animals, world-wide.

The newly revised Third Edition of Large Animal Neurology delivers a practical and complete reference for veterinarians, veterinary trainees and scientists dealing with large animal neurology. The book is vividly illustrated in full colour and contains many clinical photographs and detailed line drawings to highlight the concepts discussed within.

Organised into three parts, Large Animal Neurology offers practitioners and students straightforward guides on how to perform neurologic examinations for domestic large animal species, including neonates. It also discusses the presenting clinical syndromes caused by common nervous system diseases, as well as giving details of the specific neurologic diseases of large domestic animals.

The book includes:

• A thorough introduction to the evaluation of large animal neurologic patients, including discussions of neuroanatomy, neurologic evaluation, ancillary diagnostic aids, and the important pathologic responses of the nervous system
• Comprehensive exploration of 26 presenting clinical problems, including behaviour disorders, seizures, epilepsy, sleep disorders, blindness, strabismus, monoplegia, wobblers, tetraplegia, pruritus and cauda equina syndrome
• Detailed coverage of the specific diseases, including those of genetic, infectious, nutritional, toxic and metabolic cause, and the many diseases with multifactorial and with unknown cause

Perfect for all equine and farm animal veterinarians, veterinary neurologists, as well as trainees in the field, Large Animal Neurology, Third Edition is also an ideal resource for undergraduate veterinary students, animal pathologists, and neuroscience researchers.

Joe Mayhew is Professor of Equine Studies at Massey University, New Zealand.

Rob MacKay is Professor of Large Animal Medicine at the University of Florida, USA.

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

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