Main description:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of small animal neurology covering the diagnosis and treatment of all clinical problems. It contains detailed information on neurological examination procedures, neuropathology and genetic disorders. Individual chapters cover laboratory tests, anaesthesia, radiology and electrodiagnostics, rehabilitation, pharmacology and surgery while specific neurological diseases are usefully listed according to their location.

Detailed imaging diagnostic illustrations show neuro-anatomy and -pathology, an illustrated appendix, and a step-by-step demonstration of clinical neurological investigation. Authored by a team of international experts on small animal neurology, the English language edition has now been revised by one of the most acknowledged neurologists in the US

Contents:

Contributers
Preface to the English edition
Preface to the second German edition
Preface to the first German edition
Abbreviations
Neurological Examination of Small Animals
Signalment
Anamnesis
General examination
Neurological status
Ophthalmological examination
Principles of Neuropathology
General neuropathology
Classification of neurological diseases: VITAMIN D
Investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Genetic Neurological Siseases and Breed Predisposition
Genetic defects
Inheritance
Demonstrating the mode of inheritance
Testing for potential genetic carriers
Breeding methods to eradicate genetic defects
Diseases due to multifactorial causes
Basic Laboratory Investigations
Indications
Haematology
Biochemical blood parameters
Urine investigations
Anaesthesia
Basics of neuroanaesthesia
Specific procedural techniques
Neuroradiology
Indications
Examination methods
Spine
Specific diseases
Skull
Electrodiagnostics
Electrodiagnosis of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Electrodiagnostic examinations of the CNS
Biopsy
Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy
Adjuvant therapeutic measures
Neuropharmacology
Antibiotic therapy in neurological disease
Steroid therapy
Analgesics
Neurosurgery
Instrumentation
Brain
Spinal cord/Spine
Spinal fractures / luxations
Peripheral nerves
Surgery of the middle and inner ear
Acupuncture
Introduction
The use of acupuncture in neurological disease
Acupunctural analgesia and postoperative pain relief
Stabilization of the Neurological Emergency Patient
General aspects
Stabilization of selected neurological emergencies
The neurological intensive-care patient
Peripheral Nervous System and Musculature
Introduction
Mononeuropathies
Polyneuropathies
Neuromuscular transmission abnormalities
Monomyopathies
Polymyopathies
Spinal Cord
Spinal cord diseases
Bladder disturbances
Vestibular Apparatus
Functional anatomy
Disturbances of vestibular function
Neurological examination of a vestibular syndrome
Diseases of the peripheral vestibular apparatus
Diseases of the central vestibular apparatus
Cerebellum
Anatomy and physiology
Symptomatology and localization of cerebellar lesions
Differential diagnoses (VITAMIN D) and investigation methods
Diseases
Brain Stem
Anatomy
Diseases
Neuro-ophthalmology
Cerebrum
Anatomy and physiology
Neuroanatomical localisation
Adjunct investigations
Diseases of the cerebrum
Epilepsy
Differential diagnoses for primary and secondary epilepsy
Neoplasia
Degenerative diseases
Behavioural Problems and Abnormal Behaviour
Aggression in the dog
Aggression in the cat
Problems associated with excretory behaviour of cats
Fears and phobias in the dog and cat
Compulsive disturbances
Cognitive dysfunction in the dog and cat
Medical behavioural therapy
Parasitic Neurological Diseases of the Dog and Cat
Trypanosomiasis in the dog
Neosporosis in the dog
Toxoplasmosis in the cat and dog
Babesiosis in the dog
Acanthamoeba infections
Encephalitozoonosis
Neurological diseases caused by helminths
Neurological diseases caused by arthropods
Borreliosis
Appendices
Comparative sectional anatomy of the canine and feline brain
Breed-specific diseases of the dog
List of inheritable neurological diseases of the dog
List of inheritable neurological diseases of the cat
Drugs
Epidemiological overview of the neurological diseases seen in dogs between 1989 and 2000 at the Small Animal Clinic in Bern, Switzerland
Subject Index