• Introduction
• Information from temperament test
• The neonatal period (first to second week)
• The socialization period (4th to 12th week)
• Puppy weight and litter size
• The juvenile period (3-12 months)
• General conclusions
• References

General Considerations

Intervertebral Disk Disease

Cervical Disk Disease

Physical Rehabilitation for Cervical Disk Disease

Chapter Outline

Chapter Outline

Nutritionally Responsive Gastrointestinal Disease

• SIBO and ARD
• Pathogen Overgrowth
• Pancreatitis and Exocrine-Pancreatic Insufficiency
• Inflammatory Bowel Disorders
• Nonspecific Acute Diarrhea
• Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus

Dietary Management of Intestinal Disease

• Managing Acute Disease
• Long-Term Management - Diet Composition
• Diet Digestibility

References

• CANCER CACHEXIA
• • Phases of Cachexia
  • Alterations in Carbohydrate Metabolism
  • Alterations in Protein Metabolism
  • Alterations in Lipid Metabolism
  • Changes in Energy Requirements
• DIETARY MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PATIENTS
• • Diet Characteristics
  • Calculating Energy Needs
• METHODS OF FEEDING
• CONCLUSION
• References

Article Outline

Intracranial Diseases

• Seizure Disorders - Diagnosis, Treatment
• Degenerative Disorders -Diagnosis
• Anomalous and Congenital Disorders - Hydrocephalus, Cerebellar Hypoplasia, Miscellaneous Anomalies
• Metabolic and Nutritional Encephalopathies
• Neoplasia - Meningiomas, Pituitary Tumors, Lymphoma, Other Tumors
• Inflammatory Disorders - Feline Infectious Peritonitis, Toxoplasmosis, Fungal Infections, Borna Disease
• Toxic Disorders
• Vascular Encephalopathies - Cerebrovascular Accidents, Feline Ischemic Encephalopathy
  
  

Peripheral Vestibular Diseases

• Idiopathic Vestibular Disease
• Nasopharyngeal Polyps
• Otitis Media-Interna
• Malignant Tumors
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Vestibular Disease

Myelopathies

• Degenerative Myelopathies - Intervertebral Disk Disease, Other Degenerative Myelopathies
• Congenital and Developmental Anomalies
• Metabolic and Nutritional Myelopathies
• Inflammatory and Infectious Myelopathies
• Spinal Neoplasia
• Spinal Trauma
• Vascular Myelopathies

Neuromuscular Diseases

• Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction - Myasthenia Gravis
• Disorders of Muscle - Inflammatory Myopathies, Infectious Myopathies
• Primary Noninflammatory Myopathies - Myotonia Congenita, Muscular Dystrophies, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
• Secondary Noninflammatory Myopathies
• Disorders of the Lower Motor Neuron - Congenital Polyneuropathies, Acquired Polyneuropathies and Neuronopathies:  Diabetic Neuropathy, Idiopathic Polyneuropathy, Feline Ischemic Neuromyopathy, Facial Paralysis, Adult-Onset Motor Neuron Disease, Dysautonomia

Miscellaneous Neurologic Conditions - Horner's Syndrome, Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome, Tetanus

References

Practical relevance

Neurological diagnosis in veterinary practice can be very challenging, especially as many animals with neurological signs present as emergencies. Nevertheless, even in the absence of specialist facilities for definitively diagnosing neurological disorders, a great deal of information can be gained with some basic knowledge and a logical stepwise approach.

Clinical challenges

A lack of initial consideration as to where exactly the problem might be localised within the nervous system, and what kind of disease processes may be in operation there, is the most common cause of failure in the diagnosis of neurological conditions in cats. Too often, this presents a hurdle that pushes the clinician into neglecting the neurological evaluation in favour of making the best guess at which diagnostic tests may achieve a diagnosis.

Audience

This article is aimed at all first opinion practitioners who see cats as, undoubtedly, whatever the presentation, the approach to a suspected neurological case can be daunting for even the calmest and most patient clinician. It will provide the necessary tools to perform and make the most of the neurological examination of the feline patient.

Chapter Outline:

The Biology of Cats

Sense Organs

• Vision
• Hearing
• Olfaction
• Touch
• Taste
   

Communication

• Body Language
• Vocalizations
• Odor Signals
   

Learning

Hunting and Feeding

Grooming

Social Organization and Density

Time Budgets:  What do Cats do All Day?

References