Basic Course on Small Animal Neurology Webinar 2: Part 2: "How To Do The Neurological Exam? — Transcript
Full transcript
- 0:20[Music]
- 0:34[Music]
- 0:54Finally, in your hands of neurological
- 0:57examination, You are checking gate.
- 1:00Okay. When you observe the gate, look
- 1:04for two things. Atexia or paresis or
- 1:07plegia. A taxia is you can have three
- 1:12types of atexia. Sensory atexia,
- 1:15cerebellaraxas
- 1:16or vestibular attackas. And then in your
- 1:20paresis and your Now what's paresis and
- 1:23what's pleia? Paresis means there is you
- 1:28know a reduction in the voluntary
- 1:30movement of your limbs. Whereas plegia
- 1:33is a complete loss of voluntary
- 1:36movement. So your paresis or plegia can
- 1:40be mono affecting one limb. It can be
- 1:42para affecting both for limbs or both
- 1:46hind limbs. It can be hemi meaning that
- 1:49it can be on the right side or the left
- 1:50side or it can be tetra
- 1:53affecting all four limbs. So when you
- 1:56look at the gate look if there is a
- 1:59taxia or look if there is paresis or
- 2:02pleia. Okay. So for example if you
- 2:05observe this video can you tell me what
- 2:08type of an atexia this is?
- 2:25I notice notice the hind limbs. Suddenly
- 2:28there is a loss of voluntary movement of
- 2:30the hind limb and he still attempts to
- 2:33move.
- 2:35So this is like a very obvious ataxia if
- 2:38you pay attention to how the hind limbs
- 2:40are moving.
- 2:42Sensory Sensory.
- 2:44Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Yes,
- 2:47this is a sensory or propriceptive
- 2:50ataxia. There is a taxia because the
- 2:53legs are not able to propriceptively
- 2:56function. So, this is a propriceptive
- 2:58atexia.
- 3:01Please look at this video and tell me
- 3:04what type of anaxia this could be.
- 3:07So here we have a kitten
- 3:11that is attempting to move little bit of
- 3:15a of like a an intentional tremor over
- 3:19there. See that there? And then he
- 3:22attempts to move forward
- 3:27but slightly wobbly and incoordinated.
- 3:36atexia.
- 3:39This is cerebellar at taxexia.
- 3:42Fantastic. Yes, this is a cerebellar at
- 3:45taxia. Not very very clear over here.
- 3:47It's very sub subtle, but if you are
- 3:49able to pick up a cerebellar at taxia
- 3:52here, seriously well done. Very well
- 3:54done.
- 3:56Here you'll be able to see a very
- 3:58obvious atexia.
- 4:00And this whoever sat the previous
- 4:02lecture will know for certain what type
- 4:04of an atexia this is.
- 4:08So just observe the video very closely.
- 4:13Let's try and put the pet down. There we
- 4:16go. There we go.
- 4:20So here notice the legs are so
- 4:24incoordinated
- 4:27and then you have there we go
- 4:30incoordinated gate
- 4:33a little bit of hypertria in the for
- 4:36limbs. See there how the limbs lift up
- 4:38and walk.
- 4:43And then you'll also see over here
- 4:52intentional tremors.
- 4:55There we go. There. There. There we go.
- 4:58Those are intentional tremors. So you
- 5:01see intentional tremors. You see an
- 5:03incoordinated gate. You see hypometric
- 5:07forlims.
- 5:09Can you see the phone?
- 5:13No, this is cerebral.
- 5:15Brilliant. Yes. So, this is a classic
- 5:19beautiful like very very obvious
- 5:22cerebellar attack at taxia. So, how do
- 5:25you know if this is cerebellar atexia?
- 5:27Look for intentional tremors. Look for
- 5:30an incoordinated gate. There won't be
- 5:32any coordination with how the front
- 5:34limbs and the hind limbs are moving. See
- 5:36that? So random, right? Incoordinated
- 5:39gate and hypertria. So not see that. See
- 5:44the see how exaggeratedly lifted the
- 5:47pet's forlims are when he attempts to
- 5:50walk. There we go. So hypometric
- 5:54gate, hypometria,
- 5:56sens uh intentional tremors and
- 5:59incoordinated gate all point towards a
- 6:02cerebellar atexia.
- 6:05What type of an atexia could this be?
- 6:12So the pet
- 6:14here has sort of like a drunk walk. Uh
- 6:20not a not able to maintain balance.
- 6:29Very good. This is a vestibular atexia.
- 6:33unable to maintain its equilibrium.
- 6:36Yeah, very good. Yes, unable to maintain
- 6:39equilibrium. So, basically in very
- 6:41simple terms, when you see a pet walk
- 6:44like he's drunk, it's a vestibular
- 6:46atexia.
- 6:49Okay.
- 6:51What do you think is happening here? Is
- 6:54the pet pariticlegic?
- 6:57What type of anaxia could this be?
- 7:00Sorry, second. Yeah, there we go.
- 7:04There we go.
- 7:08So again, um can anyone tell me what is
- 7:12the mistake I am doing here?
- 7:16Slippery flow.
- 7:18Exactly. So do not do this. Okay. Don't
- 7:21assess patients on slippery flows.
- 7:34Okay. So, this pet attempts to walk very
- 7:36well with the four limbs. Notice the
- 7:39back legs.
- 7:41Suddenly, there's loss of strength
- 7:47and there's a bit of paresis on the
- 7:51left hind limb. So, what's happening
- 7:54over here? How would you describe the
- 7:55gate?
- 7:57drop
- 7:58looks like sensory.
- 8:00Sorry.
- 8:04This looks like sensory at taxexia plus
- 8:06der d des dereelate rigidity.
- 8:09Okay. Okay. So, uh bear in mind d
- 8:13cerebellate rigid cases they can't walk
- 8:15with the forlims.
- 8:18Okay. They are like they're very rigid
- 8:20on the for limbs. So if you would have
- 8:22said ship sharington maybe but here
- 8:25definitely no deserebate rigidity. So
- 8:28how would I describe this? I would say
- 8:30this pet has propraceptive ataxia with
- 8:33paraparesis of the hind limbs.
- 8:36Okay. So there is paraparesis of the
- 8:39hind limbs. He's paritic. He's
- 8:41definitely not plegic. He can still
- 8:43voluntary move his legs but it is weak.
- 8:46So you see here
- 8:58so he's able to move forward.
- 9:02Okay. But the back legs
- 9:07they lose strength and function.
- 9:12And you'll notice both the hind limbs he
- 9:14is paraparetic. The left is worse than
- 9:17the right. And this is how you would
- 9:19describe his gate in your neurological
- 9:22report.
- 9:25How would you describe this gate?
- 9:36paraplegic.
- 9:41Notice how the left leg has some
- 9:43movement
- 9:47but the left leg is also weak.
- 9:52Hind limbs are totally criss-crossing.
- 9:55Good. Yes. How would you describe that
- 9:57gate?
- 9:59Paraplegic.
- 10:01Parapleic.
- 10:02Okay. But there's some, if you notice,
- 10:04there's still a little bit of function
- 10:06on the back leg.
- 10:11So, see the left support
- 10:15unable to support his body. Yes.
- 10:19Okay.
- 10:20Left hand leg.
- 10:22Very good. Yes. Yes.
- 10:26That's right. It's per the pet is
- 10:28peritic. So here I would describe this
- 10:31as the pet uh as as so he needs support,
- 10:34right? So he's not ambulatory on his
- 10:37own. So if you want to sound a little
- 10:40bit more fancy, you can say
- 10:42non-ambulatory
- 10:44paraparesis of the hind limbs.
- 10:48And here you can say the right is worse
- 10:50than the left. So non-ambulatory
- 10:53paraparesis of the hind limbs. If the
- 10:56pet is ambulatory like for example in
- 10:58this video you can say ambulatory
- 11:01paraparesis of the hind limbs but here
- 11:04it is non-ambulatory paraparesis of the
- 11:08hind limbs.
- 11:11How would you describe this gate?
- 11:21Paraplegia
- 11:23paralysis paraplegia
- 11:27nonambulatory
- 11:29paraplegia the highs.
- 11:31Brilliant. Yes. Yes. That's the most
- 11:34perfect way to describe this video. The
- 11:36pet has non-ambulatory paraplegia of the
- 11:39hind limbs. Very good.
- 11:44How would you location?
- 11:47Where is the location for previous
- 11:50video?
- 11:52Can you can you tell the location
- 11:54location of uh
- 11:56non-ambulatory paraparasis and
- 11:58non-ambulatory paraplegia?
- 12:02Okay. How would you describe this?
- 12:24terribel.
- 12:30How would you describe this gate?
- 12:35No. Watch the whole video.
- 12:39And you'll see parts where the pet
- 12:42cannot fully bear weight on the back
- 12:44legs.
- 12:47See that? There we go.
- 12:53Arthrosis of ambulatory parapasis.
- 12:58What type of an attackia is this?
- 13:02Ambulatory
- 13:05or taxia.
- 13:10This is sensory taxia. Ambulatory
- 13:12paraparis.
- 13:12Brilliant.
- 13:14Brilliant. This is a sensory atexia with
- 13:17ambulatory paraparesis of the hind lips.
- 13:20Okay. So this is how you need to
- 13:21describe the gate. Is there an atexia?
- 13:24Describe the atexia and then describe
- 13:27the gate neurologically with
- 13:29neurological terms. This is an
- 13:31ambulatory paraparetic pet.
- 13:36Okay. So this table helps you actually
- 13:40um further neuroloize and summarize your
- 13:44learning. So for example if you have a
- 13:48lesion in the forbrain you may have so
- 13:52if you will have contraateral
- 13:54hemiparesis or conscious propreceptive
- 13:57deficits. Okay, meaning if you have a
- 13:59lesion in the right side, your CP and
- 14:02postural reaction will all be deficit on
- 14:05the opposite side which is the left
- 14:07side. Now the gate in forbrain cases are
- 14:10mostly normal. It is rare to see atexia
- 14:14in forbrain cases. The behavior is
- 14:17changed.
- 14:19The consciousness may vary anywhere from
- 14:22octandid to coma. the spinal reflexes
- 14:25are intact and you may see other
- 14:28neurological or non-neurological issues.
- 14:31Okay, your brain stem produces
- 14:36postural reaction deficits or CP
- 14:38deficits on the same side. So if it's on
- 14:41the right side, it will be on the right
- 14:42side only, not like the forebrain where
- 14:44it's the opposite side. Your gate will
- 14:47have a sensory atexia specifically with
- 14:51upper motor neuron signs. The next
- 14:53lecture will explain to you what these
- 14:55upper motor neuron signs are. The
- 14:57behavior is not changed. The
- 15:00consciousness may be severely affected.
- 15:02If the aras part of the brain stem is
- 15:05affected, the spinal reflexes are
- 15:08intact. You may see other neurological
- 15:13neurological issues. Okay? Like for
- 15:15example, there may be a change in the
- 15:17heart rate, BP, respiratory rate and
- 15:20rhythm. You may see cranial nerve
- 15:22deficits. Cerebellum also it produces
- 15:26same side deficits but bear in mind no
- 15:30paricesis. Cerebellaraxias
- 15:33they often present with a hypertric
- 15:35gate. So the gate has a cerebellaraxic
- 15:39gate. No change in behavior. No change
- 15:42in consciousness. Very important. And
- 15:45your spinal reflex is intact. And there
- 15:49you may have other neurological or
- 15:51non-neurological issues. Okay. So with
- 15:55your handsoff neurological exam, this
- 15:58table helps you summarize from your
- 16:00hands off neuroindings where the lesion
- 16:04could be
- 16:06[Music]
- 16:17Heat. Heat.
- 16:48So you finished your hands off
- 16:50neurological exam. Now you go on to the
- 16:53hands on neurological examination.
- 16:57Your hands on neurological exam. It
- 17:00consists of checking five of these
- 17:04parameters. postural reaction, cranial
- 17:07nerves, thoracic reflex, pelvic reflex
- 17:11and other reflexes.
- 17:13But for today we will only touch on the
- 17:16postural reactions, cranial nerve,
- 17:19thoracic reflex, pelvic reflex and other
- 17:22reflexes. It will be part two of the
- 17:25neurological examination.
- 17:28So postural reaction
- 17:30please remember in your hands-on
- 17:33neuroexam when you check your postural
- 17:36reaction it is a non-specific test. It
- 17:39is merely a screening test to tell you
- 17:43if the pet is neurological or not. It is
- 17:46a screening test to tell you if there
- 17:48are abnormalities in the nervous system.
- 17:51It does not tell you where. Okay. So for
- 17:55example, if you have a problem in the
- 17:57forebrain, it will produce opposite
- 18:00postural reaction deficits. If it is in
- 18:03the brain stem, it will prod
- 18:07postural reaction deficits. If it's in
- 18:09the cerebellum
- 18:11and throughout the spinal cord, you will
- 18:14have same sight postural reaction
- 18:16deficits.
- 18:19Now if the pro but when you do your
- 18:21postural reaction to some extent you can
- 18:25gauge where the problem could be. Okay.
- 18:28So forbrain will produce contraateral PR
- 18:31deficits. Brain stem will produce same
- 18:33site. If your problem is at C1 to C5 all
- 18:37four limbs will be affected. If your
- 18:40problem is at T3 to L3 L4 to S3 only
- 18:45pelvic limbs are affected. So to some
- 18:47extent your postural reactions may tell
- 18:50you where the problem could be. Now
- 18:52these are all the postural reaction
- 18:55tests that you can perform. Conscious
- 18:59propreception CP basically in short
- 19:02terms hopping wheelbarrow hemi stand
- 19:06hemi walk extensor postural thrust
- 19:10visual placement tactile placement. So
- 19:13these are all postural reaction tests.
- 19:16Meaning that you are you are putting the
- 19:18pet in abnormal postures to see if the
- 19:22nervous system corrects the abnormal
- 19:24posture. That's all. That's why it's
- 19:26called postural reaction. Where in the
- 19:29nervous system is the problem that you
- 19:31cannot tell just by checking postural
- 19:33reactions. Okay. Now conscious
- 19:36propreception. Is the pet conscious when
- 19:40you put the paw in an abnormal position?
- 19:45So see when you flip it abnormally the
- 19:47pet consciously places it back. Now
- 19:51notice with
- 19:59this leg there is a delay.
- 20:12Okay. And always bear in mind when you
- 20:14are checking the hind limbs, you must
- 20:17support the abdomen. When you're
- 20:19checking the for limbs, you must support
- 20:21the chest. Okay. And you should just
- 20:24support. You shouldn't lift the pet up.
- 20:27So notice the difference in the
- 20:28conscious propreception between the
- 20:30right leg and the left leg.
- 20:55delayed in the right leg.
- 20:59Exactly. So here we have a delayed
- 21:02conscious propressive in the right leg.
- 21:07Now observe hopping. Notice how Lahonta
- 21:12he does hopping a little differently in
- 21:14cats compared to dogs. Now checking
- 21:17postural reaction in cats can be
- 21:19incredibly frustrating because they
- 21:22don't cooperate and sometimes they like
- 21:24to roll over and so they give you a
- 21:27false uh presentation that postural
- 21:30reaction is abnormal. So when you hop a
- 21:33pet, make sure you lift and hop them.
- 21:36Lift, hop.
- 21:38Lift hop. Lift hop. So that's how you're
- 21:42supposed to hop cats. Okay. This is a
- 21:45wheelbarrow.
- 21:47So this is wheelbarrow.
- 21:50This is another way you can wheelbarrow
- 21:52cats.
- 21:53See that?
- 21:55So there is no wheelbarrow.
- 21:58So you notice hopping and wheelbarrow in
- 22:00cats is done here.
- 22:03So there we go. Hopping.
- 22:12And then there's wheelbarrow.
- 22:27Okay. So that's hopping and wheelbarrow
- 22:30in cats.
- 22:32Here you can see a clear hopping video
- 22:34in a dog. Now remember the side you want
- 22:38to hop the pet. That is the side you
- 22:41will support the pet's abdomen and hawk
- 22:44them by lifting the opposite leg. Okay,
- 22:48there we go. Like that. That's how
- 22:49you're supposed to hop your patient.
- 22:52Support from the same side and hop the
- 22:55same limb.
- 22:58Now this is
- 23:00another way you can hop your patient by
- 23:03testing the leg alone.
- 23:08This is a hemi walk. Notice he's only
- 23:12walking the right side.
- 23:15So here you can see hopping and a hemi
- 23:18walk.
- 23:21Okay. So that is hopping.
- 23:24[Music]
- 23:26Then he's coping the patient.
- 23:32Hopping just the singular limb.
- 23:38And here you have a hemi walk.
- 23:46Okay. So this is how you check postural
- 23:48reactions.
- 23:50This is a wheelbarrow. So this is how
- 23:53you wheelbarrow your patient. Now let's
- 23:56say there is a resistance in your
- 23:58wheelbarrow or the patient is not able
- 24:00to wheelbarrow. You're in the four
- 24:03limbs. Your neuroloization is cranial
- 24:07part of the cervical spinal cord or
- 24:11further cranially up to the forbrain.
- 24:14That's your neuroloization.
- 24:16If you are resistant in your wheelbarrow
- 24:20or the pet is not able to wheelbarrow
- 24:22with a poor limbs, your neuroloization
- 24:25is anywhere from cranial cervical spinal
- 24:28cord forward to the brain stem to the
- 24:31brain sorry. So this is how you wheel
- 24:34barrow.
- 24:42Okay,
- 24:49this is an extensor postural thrust. You
- 24:53will lift the pet's hind limbs, place it
- 24:55on the ground, and the pet should
- 24:57correct the hind limbs properly for
- 24:59balance.
- 25:01That's an extensive postural thrust.
- 25:08This is visual placement. Okay, this is
- 25:11tactile placement. Okay, tactile
- 25:14placement is where you completely remove
- 25:17the visual field. That is by blinding
- 25:20the pet and then you get the pet to
- 25:24place the paw based on tactile stimuli.
- 25:28That is by helping the pet feel the paws
- 25:31against the edge of a surface to
- 25:33initiate movement. So this is tactile
- 25:36placement. Now remove the visual stimuli
- 25:39the visual obstruction and allow the pet
- 25:42to see the object and place the paw
- 25:46accordingly and that is visual
- 25:48placement. So tactile placement here is
- 25:51no sight and here just by using sensory
- 25:56stimuli of placing the paw against the
- 25:58edge of the table there is a response
- 26:00there is conscious placement of paws.
- 26:06Okay, that is tactile placement. You are
- 26:09removing the visual stimuli. Now when
- 26:12you remove the obstruction and the pet
- 26:15is able to see the surface and the
- 26:19placement of the paw on that tests the
- 26:22visual pathway and its coordination with
- 26:25the four limbs.
- 26:29I'll get this video to play. So now when
- 26:33you
- 26:35have a large dog, how will you test the
- 26:38visual and tactile placement? You
- 26:41obviously cannot carry a 50 kilo dog,
- 26:43right? And you can't put them against
- 26:46the table this way. You can do this for
- 26:48medium-sized dogs, small dogs, and cats.
- 26:51How would you check your visual
- 26:52placement and tactile placement in a
- 26:55very large dog?
- 26:58Maybe by placing a stepper. by placing
- 27:00obstacles
- 27:02on the ground.
- 27:03Brilliant. Yes, absolutely. So, you take
- 27:06the pet to the staircase and you allow
- 27:09the stairs to become a uh basically a
- 27:12stimuli for um initiating visual or
- 27:15tactile placement.
- 27:18[Music]
- 27:42Heat. Heat.
- 28:00Next lecture which is part two I'll
- 28:03teach you how to test your cranial
- 28:05nerves your thoracic reflexes your
- 28:08pelvic reflexes and other reflexes
- 28:12okay and for now I would like to thank
- 28:16life sciences especially Dr. Vishal
- 28:18Sharma for his trust in me both my
- 28:21teachers Dr. Voger and Dr. Paul and two
- 28:24universities that have helped
- 28:26tremendously especially with the videos
- 28:28Cornell University and University of
- 28:30Georgia.
- 28:32Thank you very much everyone. I'll be
- 28:34happy to answer questions.
- 28:37Um could you go back to the video uh
- 28:40played just before the hands on exam
- 28:44caucus Daniel and can you walk me
- 28:47through it?
- 28:48Yes. Um which one?
- 28:51This the last video in this
- 28:53sensory the one with this uh sensory
- 28:56attacks here.
- 28:58Sure.
- 29:04Okay. this guy.
- 29:08Now if we look at this pet's gate, okay,
- 29:12we will see that so sensory atexia can
- 29:15also be called propreceptive attacksia
- 29:18because there is there is an issue with
- 29:21propriception and there is an ataxia
- 29:24because of that. So let's look at this
- 29:27video where this pet
- 29:32notice the placement of the back legs
- 29:35the quality of the gate in the back legs
- 29:38when you compare it to the front. The
- 29:40front is normal but notice the notice
- 29:43the sway the attack in the back legs.
- 29:47There we go. See that? So that
- 29:52see how choppy it kind of looks. So that
- 29:55gate
- 29:59is a propreceptive atexia. So it is at
- 30:02taxic because of propreceptive issues in
- 30:06the back legs. See that? And then you'll
- 30:10notice that there are occasions where
- 30:12the pet drops down, right? There is a
- 30:15lack of um muscle strength or muscle
- 30:19function. So there is a temp there is a
- 30:22loss in muscle involuntary movement of
- 30:25the leg but it's not completely lost.
- 30:29That's why I call this an ambulatory
- 30:31paresis with a propreceptive attacks
- 30:34here.
- 30:36Madam
- 30:37no intentional tremor in this video.
- 30:41No no no intentional tremors here.
- 30:44Thank you so much.
- 30:45Where could be the lesion? Where could
- 30:47be the reason located in this case?
- 30:49Right? So if you you remember the
- 30:53initial part of the lecture where I
- 30:55spoke about the intumisence that
- 30:58provides to the front legs and the back
- 31:00legs. You'll notice here that there is a
- 31:03reduced weightbearing capacity. Here the
- 31:06lesion is L4 to S3 because there you can
- 31:10see that the PET drops down and usually
- 31:12when there's a reduced weightbearing
- 31:14capacity the sciatic nerve is
- 31:17responsible for that and the sciatic
- 31:19nerve comes out from L4 to S3. So the
- 31:23localization is L4 to S3.
- 31:28Thank you. Thank you.
- 31:29Welcome. Unless you uh you mentioned
- 31:32about the postural abnormalities
- 31:34covering scoliosis, kyphosis, cloudosis
- 31:37etc.
- 31:38How do we account for torticololis?
- 31:40Toricololis.
- 31:42Okay. Yes, very good question. So
- 31:45toolis,
- 31:46thank you.
- 31:47Um we have replaced the toricolis with
- 31:51the word oppos.
- 31:54Okay. So toolis is predominant. We have
- 31:58predominantly used that term in farm
- 32:00animals. And here in small animals the
- 32:04term that has replaced torticololis is
- 32:07oppos.
- 32:09And so what is oppos? Oistoonis is
- 32:13basically the hyper flexion of the neck
- 32:16backwards.
- 32:18And so this is
- 32:21what we would call as oppos
- 32:27Nick.
- 32:28There we go. So this is an opposic
- 32:32posture. And so yes, I do have so I do
- 32:36have my professors who still would call
- 32:39this tool.
- 32:41Now we we have we have replaced the term
- 32:44with opposis.
- 32:51I hope that answers the question.
- 32:55Can you elaborate on cattoplex and
- 32:57narcolexi?
- 32:59Yes. So catyplexi is basically the
- 33:03complete loss. Um I am going to show um
- 33:08one second.
- 33:12It'll help you understand better.
- 33:16Yes.
- 33:27Complete loss of muscle strength with
- 33:30consciousness is the catalyp.
- 33:33Absolutely. Yes. I actually would like
- 33:36to show you all a video. Um
- 33:40Dr. Vishal, are you here with me?
- 33:44Yes, I'm there. Doc,
- 33:47um, will I be giving the seizure and
- 33:48epilepsy lecture soon?
- 33:51Yes. Yes, definitely.
- 33:53Okay. So, that
- 33:54we will be having just a mandatory break
- 33:56for the next week and then for the this
- 34:00was kochi and then we'll be continuing
- 34:03all the rest of the lectures.
- 34:05Okay. So when I am going to give the
- 34:07seizure and epsy lecture, please um
- 34:10please attend that lecture because I'm
- 34:12going to show youall seizure mimics and
- 34:16the seizure mimic videos have plenty of
- 34:20narcoleptic videos which I'm going to
- 34:22show you all including catyplexic videos
- 34:25as well. But for now what is the
- 34:28difference between narcolepsy and
- 34:30catyplexi? Basically catyplexi is a
- 34:34complete loss of muscle function with
- 34:38retaining consciousness. Narcolepsy is a
- 34:41complete loss of muscle function with a
- 34:44loss of consciousness also. So catyplexi
- 34:48consciousness is there but loss of full
- 34:51muscle function. Narcolepsy loss of
- 34:54function and loss of consciousness.
- 35:00Ma'am, what is HT strips?
- 35:04Sorry.
- 35:06HTT strips.
- 35:09Oh, so that's the shmear tier test.
- 35:12Basically, we'll get to that. We'll get
- 35:14to that when uh we do
- 35:16Okay. Thank you.
- 35:17when we do the u advanced neurology
- 35:20lecture in opthalmology. That time we'll
- 35:24be I'll teach you what's ST and why do
- 35:26we use it and how it's related to the
- 35:28nervous system. So it's a test and check
- 35:31your production docu till then Dr. S can
- 35:35refer to our opthalmology uh webinars
- 35:39that is already available on the YouTube
- 35:41with Dr. Romani there you will find ST
- 35:44and FDT both and other tests also.
- 35:49Perfect.
- 35:50Hello ma'am.
- 35:52Hello.
- 35:54Yes. Hello sir.
- 35:55Uh ma'am can you uh explain vestibular
- 35:58and cerebellar attacks you once again if
- 36:00you don't mind.
- 36:02Sure. Sure. Okay. So vestibular attacks
- 36:08imagine it this way. Okay. We will
- 36:10simplify it.
- 36:12Your vestibular atexia is an atexia that
- 36:15looks like that of a pet who is drunk.
- 36:19Okay, there basically there is a loss of
- 36:22balance and the pet is trying to
- 36:24maintain balance and move forward. Now
- 36:27your cerebellar taxia it will come with
- 36:31other signs. So the cerebellum can also
- 36:35present with a little bit of
- 36:36incoordination but it comes with other
- 36:39signs like hypometria
- 36:41complete incoordination of movement. The
- 36:44pet will still move but there is an
- 36:47incoordinated placement of the legs to
- 36:50move forward and there is an intentional
- 36:52there may be an intentional tremor.
- 36:55Intentional tremor meaning the pet wants
- 36:58to move forward but there's a little bit
- 37:00of a tremor before the the movement is
- 37:03initiated. So you see intentional tremor
- 37:07hyperactria
- 37:08and um a ser and an incoordinated gate
- 37:12in cerebellar issues. In vestibular
- 37:15issues it's more of balancing issues. So
- 37:19leaning more towards one side, falling
- 37:21off towards one side, sort of not losing
- 37:25a bit of balance when the pet moves
- 37:27forward. It's more like a drunk gate.
- 37:30Excuse me, everyone. Please mute your
- 37:32mute your mic.
- 37:34Thank you ma'am.
- 37:39[Music]
- 37:41Ma'am,
- 37:41in the signal you mentioned something
- 37:44about B and Q. May know what is it
- 37:47about? Sorry,
- 37:49in the signalment slide you have
- 37:51mentioned something about B and Q R.
- 37:55Oh, bright alert responsive quiet alert
- 37:58responsive. That is just how the pet
- 38:01presents to you. Is he bright alert,
- 38:03responsive, quiet and responsive? So
- 38:06that's B A R and Q A R.
- 38:12Doc,
- 38:14Dr. Nisha can you come to the chat box
- 38:17also there are certain questions
- 38:20I would request everyone to mute your
- 38:22mic it is creating a big
- 38:25hello
- 38:26Mr. Ben. Hello everyone.
- 38:29I request you to please mute your mic
- 38:31and write your questions in chat box.
- 38:34That will be very easy for us and will
- 38:37not disturb other people because most of
- 38:39the mics are unmuted right now and the
- 38:42person who already posted a question is
- 38:45unable to understand the answer. So it's
- 38:47better you write down your questions in
- 38:49chat box and let the Dr. Nisha take them
- 38:53one by one. Dr.
- 38:55Please if you can refer to the chat box
- 38:58uh you can uh you know you can uh uh
- 39:01stop sharing now and then you can
- 39:04properly check your chat box and then we
- 39:07can discuss all the questions one by
- 39:08one.
- 39:10Yes. Okay. So we have
- 39:16Hello.
- 39:17Yes. Yes dog.
- 39:19Okay. So we have a question here.
- 39:21Suppose hemiparesis in a dog then
- 39:24location of the lesion is where? Now
- 39:26when the pet is hemiparetic meaning that
- 39:29it is they are paritic on one side
- 39:32either it is on the opposite side of the
- 39:34forebrain or the same side of the brain
- 39:37stem
- 39:38[Music]
- 40:20significance. Now the more questions are
- 40:22there. What is the significance of
- 40:25opismus
- 40:26in neuroexam?
- 40:29Okay.
- 40:31Very good question. It is an indicator
- 40:34that intraranial pressure may have
- 40:37increased or it's an indicator that
- 40:40there could be transentorial herniation
- 40:44because of that intraraanial increased
- 40:47pressure. So that's the neur that's
- 40:49mainly the neurological significance
- 40:52and it is a neurological emergency.
- 40:56Okay.
- 40:57Cat shows uh ventroflexction when they
- 41:01have hypocalemia.
- 41:04Does this have a neuro component or it
- 41:06is differentiated based on history lab
- 41:10findings?
- 41:14Yes. So hypocalemic pets they basically
- 41:19have a myopathy associated with
- 41:21hypocalemia right there is a weakness of
- 41:24the cervical muscles is why there is a
- 41:26ventroflexion. So here we do have a
- 41:29neuromuscular
- 41:31muscular issue due to nonneurological
- 41:35causes but it is still an abnormal
- 41:38posture.
- 41:40It's not necessary. When you see
- 41:42abnormal postures, it is because of a
- 41:45neurological cause. There can be
- 41:48non-neurological causes presenting with
- 41:52neuromuscular issues.
- 41:55Now, twitching and mild tremors, how to
- 41:58differentiate?
- 41:59Very good. Uh, attend the seizure and
- 42:03epilepsy lecture. That's where I'll be
- 42:06able to explain the difference.
- 42:09Difference between myoclonus and tremors
- 42:13again
- 42:14again. Yes. So this also the myoclonus
- 42:17it I I need you all to stay for the part
- 42:20two of the neuro exam because then we
- 42:23will be doing some case studies and
- 42:25that's where I'll be show you these
- 42:28myiokemic and myoclonic cases.
- 42:31Okay. Uh ma'am what are the
- 42:33differentials if 45 days puppy presented
- 42:36with circling
- 42:38in a lecture after the next one you
- 42:42yourself will be able to come up with
- 42:44the differentials I will so the lecture
- 42:48the the the
- 42:50lecture after the next one is that
- 42:53lecture how do you come up with the
- 42:55differentials based on your history your
- 42:58neuro findings and your signalment ment
- 43:02and so remind me ask me this question
- 43:05again in that lecture and you and me
- 43:08will be able to come up with the
- 43:09differentials together.
- 43:12Great. Uh good evening ma'am. How about
- 43:14metanidazole toxicity and how to
- 43:17differentiate it from other conditions.
- 43:21Very good history taking very good
- 43:23history taking and comp and relying on
- 43:25the accuracy of your neurological
- 43:27examination. Of course, screening tests
- 43:30for infectious causes may need to be
- 43:32done, but that's basically a diagnosis
- 43:35of exclusion. So, if you are able to
- 43:38derive this from your history itself,
- 43:40you have probably made a diagnosis. It
- 43:43has a classic presentation of central
- 43:45vestibular disease.
- 43:48If the patient is already on the
- 43:50treatment of metronidazole for last 5 to
- 43:527 days, I believe then this is the
- 43:54already already a differential. We can
- 43:57think about it.
- 43:57Definitely. Yes. Yes.
- 43:59Yeah. The lesion localization in
- 44:02paraplegic dogs.
- 44:05Okay. So, it depends on where the
- 44:07paraplegia is. If it's in the fold
- 44:10again, this I'll be able to teach you in
- 44:12the next lecture, the upcoming lecture
- 44:14because then we will look at spinal
- 44:16reflexes.
- 44:18Yes. And there this is the most
- 44:20important lecture where people get
- 44:21confused. I believe I get confused in
- 44:23that particular lecture. Yes.
- 44:25The aim of this lecture is to just
- 44:28absorb it blindly. I know it is uh you
- 44:32know it is like a dictator's type of
- 44:34teaching but for now just absorb it
- 44:36blindly.
- 44:38Both the lectures will together will
- 44:40make a proper you know some summary.
- 44:44Even the next lecture, it's part two and
- 44:47it will complete your neuro exam. But
- 44:49the lecture after that is when we'll
- 44:52gather all the information and I promise
- 44:56you you will be able to function like a
- 44:58neurologist.
- 45:00Great. Discussing about uh deserebrated
- 45:05and deserated rigidity. Can a
- 45:08unconscious dog with FL extended forlim
- 45:11extended and high limb flexed have
- 45:16derebrated rigidity?
- 45:18Yes, absolutely. That is decelbrate
- 45:20rigidity. No consciousness with extended
- 45:24forlims and sometimes extended hind
- 45:27limbs also is decelbrate rigidity.
- 45:30Still uh today attendance was 300
- 45:33vinarians were there in the lecture.
- 45:36Even 188 veterinarians are there in this
- 45:39lecture right now. So ma'am there are
- 45:42times recently when dog with loss of
- 45:45appetite and limping of one leg either
- 45:48left or right are presented to me. Can
- 45:51it be classified as neurologic or other
- 45:54type of case?
- 45:56Very difficult to tell. Very difficult
- 45:59to tell because you have to share videos
- 46:01with me.
- 46:03Yes. And maybe all the history and the
- 46:05rest of the examination done, blood
- 46:07works done, everything is needed.
- 46:10Yeah. Okay.
- 46:12You know, we'll have to the orthopedic
- 46:13conditions.
- 46:15Yes. First of all, no longer orthopedic
- 46:17conditions. Yes. Very true. Very true.
- 46:20Absolutely.
- 46:21Neurovse. One word is neurovse. Uh maybe
- 46:25someone is describing this lecture. Not
- 46:28able to do wheelbarrow test. What do you
- 46:33told leion would be? What?
- 46:36Okay,
- 46:38good, good, very good question. Now,
- 46:41when you have a spinal fracture case,
- 46:44please do not do all of that. You will
- 46:48destabilize the spine. You are only
- 46:50allowed to do your postural reaction
- 46:53testing if your if there is no history
- 46:57of trauma. There's no history vehicle
- 47:00accident. There's no history of fall.
- 47:04Okay? Because you have a risk of
- 47:06seriously destabilizing the spine by
- 47:08doing your postural reactions during
- 47:10that time. Also, if the pet is in severe
- 47:13pain, do not do it. This compromises the
- 47:17safety of the patient. your wheelbarrow.
- 47:20Same thing. That's what my lecturer told
- 47:22me. If you cannot do it, don't do it.
- 47:25Okay? Because when you wheelbarrow and
- 47:27you can't do it, that means that animal
- 47:29is way too big for you to do it or you
- 47:32just don't know how to do it. Do not do
- 47:35it. Postural reactions, you can you can
- 47:38do harm. So if the pet is in pain,
- 47:41there's history of trauma or being hit
- 47:43by a vehicle or has fallen, just avoid
- 47:46your postural reactions. Doing your CP
- 47:49and hopping will give you a lot of
- 47:51information.
- 47:53Line of treatment for metronidazold
- 47:55induced vestibular disproportion
- 48:00I believe someone is facing really
- 48:02experiencing this case. So he badly
- 48:06wants the treatment right now. What are
- 48:08what are the treatment available?
- 48:11Withdraw the drug and the moment the
- 48:13toxicity signs set in, you can attempt
- 48:16to reverse it with dasopam and very good
- 48:19supportive care. Okay? Sometimes it can
- 48:22be permanent and you can't do anything
- 48:24about it. But if you have induced
- 48:26metronidazol toxicity, I feel for you.
- 48:30I'm so sorry. But I have seen like in
- 48:33metronidazol toxicity and ivormectin
- 48:35toxicity 90% of the cases they
- 48:38definitely respond in 48 to 72 hours.
- 48:41Yes absolutely
- 48:43they do respond. Uh how to differentiate
- 48:46shift sharington to other postural
- 48:49defect.
- 48:51Your shift sharington
- 48:53presents like your d cerebellate cases
- 48:56in lateral recumbancy but move them make
- 48:59them stand and see because in your ship
- 49:02sharington cases they are paritic or
- 49:04paralyzed on the back legs. Your other
- 49:06cases are not going to do that to your
- 49:08pet. You have to see paresis or
- 49:12paralysis with the ship sharington
- 49:14posture for you to say this is ship
- 49:16sharington.
- 49:19A case of twitching of the temporal
- 49:21reason in canine distemper case but the
- 49:24test kit came to be negative.
- 49:27What could be the differentials? Where
- 49:29can the le be located?
- 49:32I would still consider distemper. I
- 49:34would only consider this negative is if
- 49:38the CSF sample is negative for
- 49:40distemper.
- 49:42Oh,
- 49:42the nasal swab and the I'm sorry, the
- 49:45ocular swab has an incredibly high uh um
- 49:50false negative.
- 49:53So, are we going to learn how to take
- 49:55the CSF sample in these lectures or any
- 49:59videos any any video you know
- 50:03referential video we can see that how to
- 50:05take that because that is going to be
- 50:07one of the important diagnostic tool I
- 50:10believe.
- 50:11Yes. So you know in how in TV series
- 50:14they'll say stay tuned. So I'm going to
- 50:16say stay tuned. You must attend my
- 50:18lectures to find out.
- 50:20Definitely.
- 50:21Whether whether uh tuberculosis
- 50:25infection can cause parasis.
- 50:29Absolutely. Yes. Yes. Yes. Absolutely it
- 50:33can.
- 50:35Now
- 50:36we have collect we have actually
- 50:38diagnosed tuberculosis cases in the
- 50:40spinal cord and in the brain.
- 50:42Yes. Uh ma'am can be besiosis anoplasma
- 50:46only cause paraplegic
- 50:49reason?
- 50:50No. No. No. No. You may have cerebral
- 50:54beesiosis. You may have myitis because
- 50:57of early kiosis. But babyiosis causing
- 51:00plegia I highly doubt or maybe I'm not
- 51:03geneneralally in general. I don't think
- 51:05so.
- 51:06Yeah. And head turn in neurogenic KCS
- 51:12is it common symptom or is it there
- 51:14underlying other neurological
- 51:16conditions? Head turn in neurogenic KCS.
- 51:20Yeah. So means we are dealing with a
- 51:23multif focal lesion isn't it? Because
- 51:25then we have a head turn and we're also
- 51:27having one of the brain stem deficits
- 51:29over there. So
- 51:32we the lesion here is multif focal.
- 51:35Uh there is a question for me Dr. Vishal
- 51:38when would the first lecture be
- 51:40available on YouTube please? Uh
- 51:42respected uh everyone actually these are
- 51:45the lectures which are containing some
- 51:48copyright stuff from different
- 51:51universities and some pet owners are
- 51:53also there. So we discussed with Dr.
- 51:56Nisha and there are certain issues in
- 51:58those sharing those kind of uh videos
- 52:02and the problem is these lectures are
- 52:04useless unless and until you can
- 52:06correlate with the videos. So we are
- 52:08coming up with a solution where we will
- 52:11have a restricted entry to these
- 52:14lectures and definitely we don't want
- 52:17put them to uh put them on YouTube for
- 52:20free access. So wait for some time let
- 52:23the course complete. We will uh put all
- 52:25these lectures in the form of a course
- 52:28in our website and the entry will be
- 52:30restricted to the registered
- 52:31veterinarians only so that it is not
- 52:33freely available on the web. So there we
- 52:37only we can uh solve this copyright
- 52:39issue I think. So please be patient and
- 52:43attend all lectures and definitely the
- 52:45recording will be available for you. But
- 52:47uh we are we we are really sorry that we
- 52:50are not able we won't be able to put it
- 52:52on a free web uh link where can I find
- 52:56the first okay same how much effort does
- 53:01curvature abnormalities have on dog and
- 53:04how can it be managed.
- 53:09So discussing treatments is beyond the
- 53:11scope of this lecture. Again, no case is
- 53:14so straightforward where you just manage
- 53:17the case. You have to find out what's
- 53:19causing it.
- 53:21[Music]
- 54:02And that is the same thing. One more
- 54:04question is there. What is the immediate
- 54:06treatment when a spinal injury cases
- 54:08with paraplasia?
- 54:10Again, what's causing the plegia?
- 54:12Because the moment you discover what's
- 54:14causing the plegia, you know the
- 54:16treatment. So, it's I'm afraid it's not
- 54:19that straightforward.
- 54:21Now, one more uh question is there and
- 54:24uh this you have to answer that
- 54:27recommendation of gabapentin for
- 54:29neuropathic pain. Gavapentine is also
- 54:32being used for sedation of ferocious
- 54:35anxious dogs before bringing them to
- 54:39clinic. Can neuropathic pain dose of
- 54:41gabapentin cause sedation?
- 54:45Yes. Yes. Absolutely. So one of the side
- 54:47effects of gabapentin is actually
- 54:50sedation. So for pain it's ideally
- 54:52between 5 to 10 mg per kg twice to
- 54:55thrice a day. And I often tell my
- 54:57clients that it it may cause sedation.
- 54:59If that's the case, you just reduce the
- 55:01dose or you reduce the frequency.
- 55:04And for everyone's knowledge, Oryhill
- 55:07Life Sciences right now produces 50 mg,
- 55:10300 mg and 600 mg of the GAVA pentin
- 55:13that is available in Indian market. So
- 55:15if you are having any trouble in getting
- 55:17the vitary specific gava pentin so you
- 55:20can contact us.
- 55:23So next is uh please I need your
- 55:27previous videos as I miss them.
- 55:29Definitely sir definitely ma'am it will
- 55:31be available soon. Does CD nervous
- 55:35science man uh does CD nervous science
- 55:38managed ma'am? Somebody wants to ask I
- 55:41think can it be managed nervous science
- 55:44can be managed or not? CD
- 55:46right? So CD is mainly supportive
- 55:48therapy unfortunately
- 55:50um and uh you know so there's there is a
- 55:54lot of research currently that is going
- 55:56on in terms of actually um preventing
- 56:00any further neurological damage. So
- 56:02that's still going on. However, the only
- 56:05treatment for CD is supportive. Um and
- 56:08then with regard to the neurological
- 56:10symptoms, I'm afraid muscle relaxance is
- 56:13the way to go forward. If those myoconic
- 56:15tremors are a bit too much, but then
- 56:18again even that if it leads to a serious
- 56:21compromise in the quality of life, then
- 56:23I'm afraid our options are very very
- 56:25limited. However, there is some novel
- 56:28research that is going on in even rabies
- 56:30for example, you know, on how they could
- 56:33be treated and cured,
- 56:36right? And one question is can we use
- 56:39ammentadine in pets
- 56:43for what
- 56:44amantadine? I don't know.
- 56:46Um no but I I want to know why does this
- 56:50person want to use amantadine? Um
- 56:53whoever has asked that question if you
- 56:55can let me know what do you why do you
- 56:58want to use so if you tell me I want to
- 56:59use gavapentin for neuropathic pain you
- 57:02know so why do you want to use
- 57:04amantadine under for which case
- 57:08uh any unidentified shivering cases like
- 57:11in convulsion or
- 57:14incoordination moment we are able to
- 57:16find exactly what it is exactly
- 57:19giving a maintaining along with the gapa
- 57:21I hope It is giving proper uh
- 57:23neuropathic pain control as well as uh
- 57:27management.
- 57:28Absolutely. Yes. So I use amantadine and
- 57:31gava combined for neuropathic pain
- 57:34especially severe neuropathic chronic
- 57:36pain and it works. It works beautifully.
- 57:40Yeah because I am handling all wild
- 57:41animals. So it's very difficult to do
- 57:43all the type of test which you are
- 57:45mentioning. However, I'm trying my best.
- 57:47So in the type of condition to manage
- 57:49the situation and pick the control. So
- 57:51go for a and carap in combination is
- 57:53going better. Thank you.
- 57:55Yes or you can call me there doc. I can
- 57:58run the test for you.
- 58:00Exactly.
- 58:01Uh now thank you people are saying thank
- 58:03you to ma'am uh for such a wonderful
- 58:06lecture.
- 58:06Thank you so much.
- 58:08And uh one is uh is Korea treatable?
- 58:15Uh again depends on the underlying
- 58:18cause. If it's because of distemper, no.
- 58:21And here, majority of the cases are due
- 58:24to distemper. But if it's due to any
- 58:26other underlying cause, then it it may
- 58:28be treatable.
- 58:30Okay. And the last thing I would like,
- 58:32thank you very much everyone for your
- 58:36genius questions. Uh uh doc if you can
- 58:39suggest us any books or reference books
- 58:42which uh because you have already
- 58:43sparked the sparked the energy and spark
- 58:46you know people are now curious about
- 58:48the neurology and I believe this is the
- 58:52first line of series of lectures in
- 58:54India happening on neurology and you
- 58:58will be as the pioneer of in this field.
- 59:01So please guide us which are the books
- 59:05uh which can be crisp and direct to
- 59:07Indian Indian you know references like
- 59:10our Indian speakers if some authors from
- 59:14India or abroad in a small format if
- 59:17they have made something which which is
- 59:20understandable.
- 59:21Um I actually I have it with me. Can you
- 59:24just give me a second? I can show you
- 59:26all which
- 59:27Sure. Sure. uh we will try to find out
- 59:29the PDF format of that uh book and then
- 59:33we will make it available on our uh
- 59:35telegram channel.
- 59:37Please show us please show us
- 59:39one second. One sec.
- 59:56Thank you Dr. Visal for arranging this
- 59:59nice lecture.
- 1:00:01Thank you sir. You all are very
- 1:00:03enthusiastic and I believe I was also
- 1:00:05facing this issue in my practice that I
- 1:00:09was very much scared of neurological
- 1:00:11cases and neurology is very big taboo
- 1:00:15for us has been a big taboo for us for
- 1:00:18long but when I attended first lecture
- 1:00:22of Dr. Nisha and that was so simple and
- 1:00:25so great. So I also got you know
- 1:00:29confident that this can be learned at
- 1:00:31this stage. So if I can learn anybody
- 1:00:34can learn and uh that also depends on
- 1:00:36the speaker how good she can tell you.
- 1:00:40So thank you very much everyone. Doc
- 1:00:43please share that book.
- 1:00:45Yeah. So doc as of now these are the
- 1:00:48books I have read. Okay. Now if you have
- 1:00:51to if you have to start with neurology
- 1:00:56this is the one I would recommend your
- 1:00:58BSAVA manual of K9 and feline neurology.
- 1:01:02Okay. And it also has
- 1:01:05this is
- 1:01:05this is in PDF format. Yes. And I'm
- 1:01:08happy to share this with you all. So you
- 1:01:11have your PDF format here and then you
- 1:01:13also have in data or content you have
- 1:01:16videos. So you can see those videos and
- 1:01:19correlate it with your BSABA manual.
- 1:01:23Um
- 1:01:23that's great.
- 1:01:24There is also uh yes the second book
- 1:01:29which every new neurologist must read is
- 1:01:33the D Costa Practical Guide for K9 and
- 1:01:36Feline Neurology. Okay. And you need to
- 1:01:39concurrently combine that information
- 1:01:42with Luna's veterary neuroanatomy and
- 1:01:45clinical neurology. these three books is
- 1:01:48enough. If you are still into neuro then
- 1:01:52fundamentals of neuroanatomy and
- 1:01:55neuroysiology is another book that I
- 1:01:57recommend. And of course it's very
- 1:02:00important you know what are the small
- 1:02:02animal neurological emergencies but you
- 1:02:05cannot you can't understand this you
- 1:02:08can't uh unless you go through your
- 1:02:10BSABA manual along with D Costa's book
- 1:02:15and Lunta's neuroanatomy book um you
- 1:02:19also have veterary neuroanatomy a
- 1:02:22clinical approach so if you find lonta's
- 1:02:26book too complicated Then you can just
- 1:02:29then combine D Costa's book along with
- 1:02:32the veterary neuroanatomy book and this
- 1:02:36is what's required for the in the
- 1:02:38beginning and then you can you know once
- 1:02:40you have understood neurology then you
- 1:02:43can go on to read your canine and feline
- 1:02:45epilepsy books your CT and MRI books
- 1:02:49your of course other animal neuro other
- 1:02:52species neurological diseases
- 1:02:54electrodiagnostic books um Yeah,
- 1:03:01doc please share these books with us and
- 1:03:03we will help all this community our
- 1:03:06community with that. Uh there are
- 1:03:08certain uh small questions. One is uh
- 1:03:14u one doc was asking about the combined
- 1:03:18dose of amantine and gapentine if you
- 1:03:21can recommend any combined dose of those
- 1:03:24two medicines.
- 1:03:25Right.
- 1:03:27Uh are we allowed to discuss those
- 1:03:28treatments here?
- 1:03:30Uh we are allowed. If you don't have any
- 1:03:33problem, you can discuss this thing.
- 1:03:35Okay. Only reason being it really
- 1:03:38depends on what your clinical parameters
- 1:03:40are also. You can't use it on severe
- 1:03:43cardiac patients and you know so just be
- 1:03:46a little cautious with using these drugs
- 1:03:48if you have not screened your patients.
- 1:03:50Ideally your mantadine dose is 3 mg per
- 1:03:53kg once a day and your gabapentin dose
- 1:03:57is 5 to 10 mg per kg twice to thrice a
- 1:04:00day. Again they come with their side
- 1:04:02effects and it must be tailor made to
- 1:04:04the patient based on their clinical
- 1:04:06parameters. Okay.
- 1:04:09Right. Uh which muscle relaxant is very
- 1:04:11useful to treat tickness in cattle under
- 1:04:15field condition? Do you have any idea?
- 1:04:17in cattle um
- 1:04:19tet tetas for tetas.
- 1:04:21Yeah. Uh in cattle muscle relaxants I
- 1:04:24will need to look it up but as far as I
- 1:04:26know the ones that work is your dasipam
- 1:04:29your midazzylam to some extent
- 1:04:31mtocarbamol
- 1:04:33but these three drugs are the only ones
- 1:04:35that I am aware of that exists in the
- 1:04:37veterary market to treat tetanus as a
- 1:04:40for muscle relaxation.
- 1:04:42Okay.
- 1:04:42But if I'm not mistaken large animals
- 1:04:44they are often put down. I have never
- 1:04:47ever
- 1:04:47Yes. Yes.
- 1:04:48At least my my uh teachers attempt to
- 1:04:52treat those cases.
- 1:04:54Okay. And uh one is at what extent laser
- 1:04:58therapy will help in ambulatory
- 1:05:00paraparis
- 1:05:01cases.
- 1:05:03It does. So laser is anti-inflammatory
- 1:05:05to some it does to some extent. It it
- 1:05:08helps um it just helps bring down any
- 1:05:10inflammation in the spinal cord and so
- 1:05:13I've seen improvements. So yes, laser
- 1:05:15therapy can very much it's
- 1:05:17contraindicated if you suspect there's
- 1:05:20neoplasia involved or a coagulopy
- 1:05:23involved.
- 1:05:23I think one doctor is facing tetanas in
- 1:05:26dogs. So he's asking what is your view
- 1:05:29on tetanus toxide to be used human
- 1:05:32tetanus toxide can be used in dogs and
- 1:05:35what you can throw a light on this
- 1:05:36tickness thing in dogs. So we have
- 1:05:40actually used intrammal toxoids of
- 1:05:42various kinds. Um and so we see ideally
- 1:05:45we see if there is an anaphylactic
- 1:05:47reaction to the intrammal test. No
- 1:05:50anaphylactic reaction then we actually
- 1:05:52do administer the drug. Uh but I usually
- 1:05:55would do an intrammal test to see if
- 1:05:57there is any analysis towards that.
- 1:06:01Okay great. I think here we should
- 1:06:03finish our session because uh it's
- 1:06:05already 5:15 and all vetinarians are
- 1:06:08also busy and definitely you have to
- 1:06:10take your evening session and thank you
- 1:06:12very much Dr. Nisha this was a wonderful
- 1:06:15session again as usual and I think this
- 1:06:19has already ignited the slides and more
- 1:06:22and more neurologist will come up in
- 1:06:25future and we are all ready to become a
- 1:06:28beginner of neur neurologist smallcale
- 1:06:31neurologist and I hope even last day
- 1:06:34also I received a case that was having a
- 1:06:38neurological science I will show you
- 1:06:40with the show you the video that was a
- 1:06:44uh that was a uh Shihu breed 7.5 kg and
- 1:06:49that was having this type of wide trans
- 1:06:53kind of uh movement and when I saw the
- 1:06:57treatment done it was already being
- 1:06:59treated for skin infection that was a
- 1:07:01high dose of ketoonazole was being done
- 1:07:04and ivormectin dose was literally very
- 1:07:06high that was the pet was consuming so I
- 1:07:10just recommended him to ate and watch.
- 1:07:13And then we recommended a small dose of
- 1:07:16this pheninobital.
- 1:07:18Pheninobital we gave and we just put
- 1:07:22unless and until you know it took time
- 1:07:24to summarize the whole thing but as soon
- 1:07:28we put this uh IV manitol also if there
- 1:07:32is something to detoxify and release
- 1:07:34pressure on the brain and by tomorrow
- 1:07:37morning we saw a good improvement in
- 1:07:40that patient. So I think the neurology
- 1:07:43is a very tough thing and we have to
- 1:07:45rule out all the other things before we
- 1:07:48jump to proper treatment of uh
- 1:07:51something.
- 1:07:52Absolutely. Absolutely. No, I'm really
- 1:07:54glad I'm very glad that whatever you're
- 1:07:57able to get from these lectures and
- 1:07:59apply it, it means I've done my job. It
- 1:08:01means I've served my purpose. Hey,
- 1:08:03definitely you are teaching those things
- 1:08:05which can be applied from the very next
- 1:08:07day and we can correlate things now that
- 1:08:09these are the symptoms we learned
- 1:08:11yesterday lecture and what are the
- 1:08:13things and if we able to differentiate
- 1:08:15one symptom from the other symptom the
- 1:08:17thing I think half work is done.
- 1:08:20Yes absolutely absolutely
- 1:08:23so thank you very much once again Dr.
- 1:08:25Nisha and we will be desperately waiting
- 1:08:28for the next lecture.
- 1:08:29So I was just saying a big thanks to
- 1:08:32you.
- 1:08:33Thank you
- 1:08:33and uh
- 1:08:34and and all the lectures and other
- 1:08:36things like if some written material or
- 1:08:39some you know the material you were
- 1:08:41saying that we can take a screenshot if
- 1:08:44something in the PDF format or some
- 1:08:46lecture format we can have
- 1:08:48study material if you can have
- 1:08:50so that will also help us
- 1:08:52to understand things better. Absolutely
- 1:08:55doc. So I I'm very happy to share these
- 1:08:58books uh that I have. Um I'm happy to
- 1:09:01actually so if we can so what I have
- 1:09:04done previously is sort of remove the
- 1:09:07videos and put the powerpoints with
- 1:09:09their information and then as a quick so
- 1:09:12we started using cheat sheets. So you
- 1:09:16know so we can make cheat sheets out of
- 1:09:18these and make it into PDF formats and
- 1:09:20people can download print them and put
- 1:09:22it in their practices and refer
- 1:09:25it help us a lot.
- 1:09:28Yeah.
- 1:09:29Okay. Right. Thank you. Thank you very
- 1:09:31much.
- 1:09:31Thank you so much doc. I'm very very
- 1:09:33grateful for the opportunity and what
- 1:09:35you're doing is tremendous and it's
- 1:09:37important and uh it's only through you
- 1:09:40that we get to do what we do and I
- 1:09:43seriously want to thank you for that.
- 1:09:44So, thank you.
- 1:09:46Thank you, man. Thank you. And have a
- 1:09:48great day.
- 1:09:49Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank
- 1:09:50you for staying.
- 1:09:52[Music]
- 1:10:07Heat. Heat.
- 1:10:17[Music]
About this transcript
This page contains the full transcript of Basic Course on Small Animal Neurology Webinar 2: Part 2: "How To Do The Neurological Exam? by Oriheal By A Vet For The Vets, generated from the public captions YouTube serves with the video. The transcript has 8,130 words across 1,373 segments, with the original timestamps preserved so you can click any line to jump to that moment in the embedded player.
What you can do with it
Use the transcript to take notes, quote the speaker, build a study guide, generate a summary with ChatGPT or Claude via the YouTube Summary tool, or export it as a timed subtitle file with YouTube to SRT. You can also re-open it in the transcriber to translate the transcript into 100+ languages.
Free YouTube transcript tool
YouTube2Text is a free YouTube transcript generator — no signup, no daily limit. Paste any YouTube link and get the full transcript instantly, with timestamps, click-to-jump, translation to 100+ languages, AI prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, and exports to TXT, SRT, VTT, or Markdown.