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Dharma is a 13 year old female spayed Lhasa Apso referred to the Cardiology Service at Canada West Veterinary Specialists in October 2011 with a history of exercise intolerance. Dharma was diagnosed with an arrhythmia during a wellness examination by her regular veterinarian. Dharma also had an episode of acute weakness (“flopping down”) while walking, [...]
Read the complete articleOverview This is a lay term used to describe a condition that is both simple and yet at the same time complex and only poorly understood. The simplest explanation is that this disorder results from a chronic compression of the spinal cord in the neck caused by multiple factors. These factors include being born with [...]
Read the complete articleOverview The vestibular system is the primary sense that governs balance. Just like vision depends on the eyes to convert light to electrical impulses and then requires a specialized region of the forebrain to interpret the information correctly, the vestibular system also depends on two components. These are the inner ear structures that convert information [...]
Read the complete articleOverview This condition is not common in dogs and cats as they are quite resistant to the tetanus toxin. As in people, animals get tetanus when a cut gets infected by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani that produces tetanus toxin. The causes the muscles of one or more limbs, and usually those of the entire [...]
Read the complete articleSyringohydromyelia, also known as COMS or Caudal Occipital Malformation Syndrome, is a condition where there is insufficient room for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to pass out of the back of the skull and down around the spinal cord. Instead of flowing gently as CSF should do normally, it seems as if the lack of space affects [...]
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