Neurology

Small animal neurology group

We provide a high quality, cutting edge clinic treating neurological disease in companion species – predominantly dogs and cats. We use MRI, advanced surgical techniques and electrodiagnostic testing amongst other methods to provide this treatment as well as using the clinical material for clinical research.

We have current active research projects into:

• Implantable Vagal nerve stimulators in dogs with intractable epilepsy
• Diagnosis, management and improving understanding of auto-immune canine encephalitis
• Canine neosporosis
• Optimisation of clinical reasoning in veterinary neurology
• The impact of timing of surgery following spinal cord injury

Recent publications:

• Corticosteroid monotherapy versus combined cytarabine continuous rate infusion and corticosteroid therapy in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: A blinded, randomized, controlled trial. 2024 May 3.
• Insights into the clinical presentation, diagnostics and outcome in dogs presenting with neurological signs secondary to infection with Neospora caninum: 41 cases (2014-2023). 2024 Feb 14.
• Long-term outcome of epileptic dogs treated with implantable vagus nerve stimulators. 2023 Oct 20.
• Diagnostic utility of serum bile acids in dogs presenting with epileptic seizures consistent with a tier 1 confidence level diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy. 2023 Jan 10.
• Risk factors for early death or euthanasia within 100 days of diagnosis in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin. 2022 Aug 17.
• Surgical techniques used in the management of intra-arachnoid diverticula in dogs across four referral centres and their immediate outcome. 2022 Feb 9.
• Same-day surgery may reduce the risk of losing pain perception in dogs with thoracolumbar disc extrusion. 2020 May 27.