A practical approach to neurologic disease in small ruminants

Abstract

Veterinarians often shy away from a deep dive into cases with a neurologic component, often due to the complexity of the sys­tem and confusion around lesion localization. It is common to rely on treatments that are generically known to help with the most common or most treatable neurologic conditions and let the chips fall where they may. There is value, however, in hav­ing a working understanding of the characteristic clinical signs associated with each segment of the nervous system not only for the sake of the affected animal, but also for the benefit of the population in assessing risk. In this presentation, I will focus on the clinical signs associated with each segment of the nervous system to facilitate lesion localization and provide a list of differ­ential diagnoses for diseases affecting each segment.