Web-Vet Neurology Specialists - Feed Your Brain Podcast Series! – Details, episodes & analysis

In this live journal club webinar, Dr. Cecilia-Gabrilla Danciu reviews her recent publication which looked at canine stroke.Dr. Danciu's team looked at 125 dogs with ischemic stroke in attempt to document comorbidities, long-term outcome (survival and stroke recurrence), and the occurrence of epileptic seizures. Given the limited information concerning the long‐term outcome of dogs diagnosed with ischemic stroke, further investigation regarding prognostic factors is needed. Additionally, veterinary literature specifically evaluating the occurrence of poststroke epileptic seizures and epilepsy alongside survival in dogs is currently limited and so this study is a vital addition to our knowledge.Click on this link to read the study:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

In this live journal club sponsored by Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging, Dr. Nick Grapes discusses his study of 108 English and French bulldogs with discospondylitis. Vertebral body malformations are frequently identified incidentally, with a prevalence of over 70-80% in neurologically normal French and English bulldogs. While these 'birth defects' may increase the risk of intervertebral disc extrusions, there is no information on an association with discospondylitis, commonly a bacterial infection of a disc and the associated vertebral endplates. This study addresses whether there is indeed a relationship in these breeds with vertebral body malformations, frequently hemivertebrae.

In this session, we interview Dr. Mark Lowrie on paroxysmal dyskinesia, a movement disorder seen in both dogs and cats. These can be challenging presentations that can easily be confused with seizures but have some notable differences. Genetic advancements have been made in several breeds and there are some treatment options, all of which will be discussed in this webinar.

In this session, Dr. Ines Carrera talks about the MR imaging features of two common acute spinal cord diseases in dogs: Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy or FCEM, and acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion or ANNPE. Can we reliably distinguish between the two conditions on MRI and can MRI provide negative prognostic indicators for recovery?

In this episode, our guest is Professor John Innes, orthopaedic specialist and Director of Movement Referrals in the UK. John and Laurent answer questions on the clinical approach to forelimb lameness and monoparesis to define where possible what is orthopaedic and what is neurologic, and to review what considerations for underlying causes we should have.

In this journal club webinar, Dr John Rossmeisl, Professor of neurology/neurosurgery at Virginia-Maryland, College of Veterinary Medicine discusses his article on the comparison between direct measurement of ICP and presumptive clinical and MRI indicators of intracranial hypertension (ICH) in dogs with brain tumors.

The objectives of this study were to: (a) evaluate the feasibility of direct ICP monitoring with a catheter strain-gauge microsensor transducer in dogs with brain tumors, (b) determine if direct ICP values were different between dogs with brain tumors and controls, and (c) determine if indirect MRI or clinical measures of presumed ICH could discriminate dogs with and without ICH.

You can read his article on this link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jvim.15802

In this session, Louise Clark Dipl. ECVAA and head of anaesthesia at Davies Veterinary Specialists, addresses the common problems encountered in anaesthesia of neurological patients and how to solve them. Using anesthesia in patients with brain disease, spinal disease, and neuromuscular disease can be a challenge as maintaining blood perfusion and oxygenation of the CNS can be more difficult and not without risk of making the patient worse. Tune in for tips on how to address the common issues and their underlying pathophysiology.

In this session, Dr. Fred Wininger, a veterinary neurologist and neurosurgeon at Charlotte Animal Referral & Emergency Hospital, owner of 3D Veterinary Printing LLC, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Missouri, talks about the utility of 3D printing for neurosurgical procedures. A how, why, and what presentation for all you need to know on what is quickly becoming a vital process in optimizing successful case management. See the link to Fred's printing service for more information - https://3dvetprinting.com/

In this episode of our free Neurology for Vets webinar series, sponsored by Hallmarq Advanced Veterinary Imaging, we invite Dr Daniela Farketo to present her latest research published on risk factors, treatment, and outcome in dogs and cats with subdural hematoma and hemispheric collapse after ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting of congenital internal hydrocephalus. Overshunting and hemispheric collapse are well-known complications after ventriculoperitoneal shunt implantation. Risk factors that predispose to over shunting, treatment options, and prognosis after therapeutic intervention have not been described and this is the focus of this study.

In this webinar, sponsored by PRN Pharmacal, we will discuss what is known about each frequently used medication to treat seizure disorders in dogs and cats. The three most important aspects of each drug include how to use them, what we know about their efficacy in dogs and cats, and what adverse effects we can expect and should warn owners about.