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Veterinaria (Montevideo)
Print version ISSN 0376-4362On-line version ISSN 1688-4809
Abstract
BENITEZ, C; OLIVERA, J and DELUCCHI, L. Study of feline neurological consultation in the Hospital of the Faculty of Veterinary during the period January 2009 to December 2014. Veterinaria (Montev.) [online]. 2016, vol.52, n.204, pp.1-1. ISSN 0376-4362.
Summary We performed a retrospective study in the felines patients that attended to neurology clinic of Veterinary College UdelaR between January 2009 and December 2014. We studied a total of 53 clinical records and we grouped the cases according to sex, breed, age, etiological cause and lesion localization The results obtained show that most of our patients are males (64,2%), mixed breed (86,7%), adult category, from 13 months to 7 years old (39,6%), trauma was the most common reason for consultation (35,9%) and the lesion localization was in the spinal cord (51%). As there are no reports on feline neurological epidemiology in our country, we consider useful all researches that can contribute in the daily clinical practice
Keywords : Spinal cord; Traumatic; Casuistics; Toxoplasma gondii; Uruguay.