Sru neuro disorders

Question 1

what are common diseases that owners confuse as neurologic

Answer 1

lameness, weakness, ocular disease

Question 2

what are the most common neuro diseases

Answer 2

listeriosis, p. tenuis, polio, trauma….rabies

Question 3

what also looks like polio

Answer 3

water deprivation/salt tox

Question 4

most common goat brain lesions in VA

Answer 4

listeria

Question 5

bilaterally symmetrical neurologic deficits

Answer 5

polio

Question 6

unilateral neurological deficits

Answer 6

listeria

Question 7

unilateral cranial nerve disease

Answer 7

listeria

Question 8

cerebral disease, abnormal mentation, central blindness, star gazing

Answer 8

polio

Question 9

normal mentation, willing to eat and drink, but ataxic, inability to stand, gait deficits

Answer 9

meningeal worm

Question 10

treatment for listeriosis

Answer 10

antiinflammatories (flunixin) and antibiotics (oxytet), but you have to catch it early

Question 11

polio treatment

Answer 11

thiamine +- steroids and mannitol salt for cerebral edema.

Question 12

tretament for meningeal worm

Answer 12

fenben 5x the dose, for 5 days. (50mg/kg)
flunixin
dex?

Question 13

will you ever have a firm diagosis when treating?

Answer 13

almost never

Question 14

what to do if you suspect listeria or polio

Answer 14

treat for both. thiamine, abx and antiinflammatories

Question 15

what should you consider and offer for every neuro case

Answer 15

rabies and rabies testing post mortem