Equine Neurology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice 1st Edition

• Cover image

• Title page

• Table of Contents

• Copyright

• Contributors

• Forthcoming Issues

• Preface

• Neurological Examination of Horses

• Key points

• Background

• Equipment

• History

• Steps in the neurologic examination

• Equine neurological examination summary

• Clinics care points

• Special Diagnostic Techniques in Equine Neurology (Radiography, Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

• Key points

• Introduction

• Radiography

• Ultrasonography

• Magnetic resonance imaging

• Computed tomography

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Horses

• Key points

• Introduction

• Principles of transcranial stimulation, connecting neural circuits, and muscle motor-evoked potentials

• Applications of transcranial stimulation in human medicine

• Translational aspects of human applications in equine medicine

• Guidelines for transcranial stimulation

• Stimulation parameters

• Muscle motor-evoked potentials

• Equipment

• Set-up for 4-limb transcranial muscle-MEP assessment

• Measurement procedure

• Examples

• Interpretation of motor-evoked potentials

• Concluding remarks

• Clinics care points

• Equine Neuroaxonal Dystrophy and Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy

• Key points

• History and nomenclature

• Clinical presentation

• Prevalence

• Inheritance and genetics

• Role of vitamin E and oxidative stress

• Diagnosis

• Treatment

• Clinics care points

• Cervical Vertebral Stenotic Myelopathy

• Introduction

• Summary

• Clinics Care Points

• Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis

• Key points

• Introduction

• Etiologic agents

• Epidemiology

• Pathogenesis

• Clinical signs

• Pathology

• Diagnosis

• Treatment

• Prevention

• Summary

• Disclosure

• Clostridial Diseases (Botulism and Tetanus)

• Key points

• Introduction

• Tetanus

• Clinics care points

• Neurologic Disorders of the Foal

• Key points

• Neonatal encephalopathy

• Clinical findings in neonatal encephalopathy

• Clinics care points

• Arboviral Equine Encephalitides

• Key points

• Introduction

• Summary

• Nonarboviral Equine Encephalitides

• Key points

• Introduction

• Summary

• Equine Herpesvirus-1 Myeloencephalopathy

• Key points

• Introduction

• Cause

• Epidemiology

• Pathogenesis

• Clinical signs

• Diagnosis

• Therapeutic strategies

• Immunity and immune evasion

• Control strategies

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Traumatic Nervous System Injury

• Key points

• Classification and mechanisms of injury

• Clinical signs and diagnostics

• Management and prognosis

• Clinics care points

• Rehabilitation Strategies for the Neurologic Horse

• Key points

• Introduction

• Evaluation of the neurologic horse for rehabilitation protocol construction

• Physiotherapeutic strategies to improve postural stability and balance acquity

• Aquatic therapy

• Whole-body vibration

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Supplementary Item 1. A sample evaluation checklist that can be incorporated for the thorough examination of the neurologic horse for rehabilitation protocol construction.

• Vestibular Disease

• Key points

• Introduction

• Vestibular disease

• Movement Disorders and Cerebellar Abiotrophy

• Key points

• Introduction

• Classification of movement disorders in horses

• Clinical approach

• Differential diagnoses

• Specific movement disorders

• Cerebellar abiotrophy

• Supplementary data

• Clinics Care Points

• Pathologic Conditions of the Nervous System in Horses

• Key points

• Introduction

• Discussion

• Summary

• Disclosure

Steve Reed, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM

Earned his DVM at The Ohio State University, followed by a residency at Michigan State University. He started his academic teaching career at Washington State University from 1979-1983 and then returned to Ohio State, where he spent 26 years as a professor and mentor in the equine medicine department. Reed is a Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and is a noted author and editor of numerous scientific articles and textbooks. He has spoken at many state, national, and international meetings. His primary research interests include equine neurologic diseases. He is currently an internal medicine specialist and shareholder at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, Emeritus Professor of The Ohio State University, Adjunct Professor at the University of Kentucky, and chairman of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Advisory Committee.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, KY. Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Emeritus Professor, The Ohio State University Adjunct Professor, University of Kentucky Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital