SBI 4U JANUARY 14 TH, 2013 The Importance of the Nervous System.
Body Systems I Importance of the Nervous System Clinical Case Examples.
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Case 2: 7 year old Welsh Pony Mare
Acquired epilepsy
Lesion site? Asymmetric cerebrum
Cause? Unknown
Case 4: 8 year old GS Bitch
Lesion site? Diffuse
Cause? Acquired myasthenia gravis -
immune mediated
Case 4: 8 year old GS Bitch
Lesion site? Diffuse
Cause? Acquired myasthenia gravis -
immune mediated
managed successfully on oral prednisolone
Case 5: 3 year old Welsh Pony
• weight loss
• sweating
• trembling
• gut stasis
• HR 50bpm
• dry nasal passages
Lesion site?
Cause?
Case 5: 3 year old Welsh Pony
• weight loss
• sweating
• trembling
• gut stasis
• HR 50bpm
• dry nasal passages
Lesion site?
Autonomic NS
Cause?
Case 5: 3 year old Welsh Pony
• weight loss
• sweating
• trembling
• gut stasis
• HR 50bpm
• dry nasal passages
Lesion site?
Autonomic NS
Cause?
Grass sickness
Case 6: 20 year old Shetland Pony
• long hair coat
• sweating
• pot belly
• lump above eyes
• PU/PD
• laminitis
Case 6: 20 year old Shetland Pony
serum glucose
serum ACTH
• long hair coat
• sweating
• pot belly
• lump above eyes
• PU/PD
• laminitis
Case 6: 20 year old Shetland Pony
Hypothalamus & pituitary gland
Cushing’s syndrome
Pituitary adenoma