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Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Findings in A Cohort of 61 Dogs with Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - A Retrospective Study
 
EG Giza*, JE Nicpon and MA Wrzosek
 
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinic of Diseases of Horses, Dogs and Cats, Grunwaldzki Sq. 47, 50-366 Wroclaw, Poland
*Corresponding author:
elzbieta.giza@up.wroc.pl

Abstract   

The electrodiagnostic examination provides the basis for a diagnostic workup in diseases involving nerve roots, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junctions and muscles in humans and animals. It is a functional test that enables identification, localization and characterization of the disease within the peripheral nervous system. The study was carried out retrospectively on a group of 61 dogs of different breeds referred for an electrodiagnostic examination because of local or generalized peripheral nervous system impairment. The electrodiagnostic examination consisted of electromyography, electroneurography, F-wave and repetitive nerve stimulation testing. The results of electrodiagnostic studies and their impact on the diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases of different etiology is presented in the study. The lesion was localized to peripheral nerves in 38%, nerve roots in 34%, skeletal muscles in 18% and the neuromuscular junction in 10% of cases.  Electrodiagnostics enabled an objective assessment of the extent, distribution and nature of the disease in the study group. However, only when it is used in conjunction with a complete physical and neurological examination and appropriate laboratory or imaging studies, it may be helpful in determining the etiological diagnosis in patients with peripheral nervous system disease.

Key words: Dog, Electrodiagnostics, Electromyography, Electroneurography, Electrophysiology, Peripheral nervous system

 
   

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)



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