Full Description
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
Contents
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
