07 - peripheral nerve disorders

Question 1

neuropathy = ?

polyneuropathy = ?

Answer 1

fxnal disturbance in the peripheral nervous system

involvement of several nerves

Question 2

typical Cx?

Answer 2

weakness, musc atrophy

Question 3

(diagnosis)

Question 4

what are the most common neoplastic disorders?

Answer 4

1. nerve sheath tumors and lymphoma

Question 5

what are two parasites? than can cause inflammation of the peripheral nerves

Answer 5

toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum

Question 6

what do hunting dogs get from raccoons that cause pelvic limb weakness that progress to tetraparesis

Answer 6

acute polyradiculoneuritis (coonhound paralysis)

Question 7

idiopathic disorders can affect any breed of dog or cat

Question 8

(traumatic injury)

1. common cause of weakness
2. prog is better or worse when nerve is injured close to the muscle it innervates?
3. what injury is common in road traffic injuries or when animals jump from moving vehicles

Answer 8

2. better
3. brachial plexus avulsion

(regrowth may take months)