Sentences with phrase «as syringomyelia»

A serious health problem with this breed of dog is what is referred to as Syringomyelia.

As syringomyelia is a spinal cord condition, is it important to point out that palmitoylethanolamide has been evaluated in other models of spinal cord injury too.

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a breed well - known to have a birth defect in the occipital bone leading to cerebellar herniation, a condition known as Syringomyelia.

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This will help to ensure you don't have a puppy who suffers from Syringomyelia as he grows.

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors such as acetazolamide (Diamox; Lederle laboratories) also decrease CSF flow and may also be helpful in treating syringomyelia although adverse effects of abdominal pain, lethargy and weakness may limit long term use.).

It is similar to the human condition Chiari malformation (some vets refer to it as Arnold Chiari syndrome which can be confusing as the original description by Arnold was of syringomyelia associated with spina bifida and this is not the case in the CKCS).

Problems such as breathing in the Pug breed and Pekingese breed, spinal problems in the Dachshund breed, and Syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed.

Syringomyelia has been reported as one of the most common spinal cord disorders of toy breed dogs and has been documented in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, King Charles Spaniel, Griffon Bruxellois, Yorkshire Terrier, Maltese Terrier, Chihuahua, Miniature Dachshund, Miniature and Toy Poodle, Bichon Frise, Pug, Shih Tzu, Pomeranian, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Boston Terrier, Pekingese, Miniature Pinscher, and French Bulldog.

I contributed to this Report during the public consultation period and Syringomyelia in Cavaliers was highlighted as an inherited problem which was having a huge impact on the welfare of the breed.

As described above, Syringomyelia is a condition where herniations form along the spinal canal.

Ms Kisko described Syringomyelia as a «newly emerging problem» and did not believe it to be widespread.

As a result chiari - like malformation and syringomyelia is one of the most important breed predispositions of veterinary medicine and although the disease is reported in several other breeds it creates a very important clinical problem among king charles cavalier population.

We can describe magnetic resonans imaging findings as a narrow subarachnoid space in cervicomedullar junction, occipital bone compression on caudal cerebellum, rostral movement of caudal cerebellum, syringomyelia, cerebellar herniation from foramen magnum and kinked appearance of caudal medulla.

Dorothy began her venture as a volunteer with the American Syringomyelia Alliance Project.

As head of the Department of Surgery, he has pioneered micro-hip replacement surgery in pets, the diagnosis and treatment of elbow dysplasia, and corrective surgery of Syringomyelia / Chiari like malformation in dogs.

Syringomyelia can occur as a consequence of any alteration to the normal flow pattern of CSF such as arachnoid cysts / adhesions (Fig 5), malformations such as spina bifida and spinal dysraphism, tumors (Fig 6), inflammatory disease such as (in the cat) feline infectious peritonitis, and secondary to trauma.

As with Chiari Like Malformation, MR imaging is necessary to consistently diagnose syringomyelia which appears as fluid cavitations within the spinal corAs with Chiari Like Malformation, MR imaging is necessary to consistently diagnose syringomyelia which appears as fluid cavitations within the spinal coras fluid cavitations within the spinal cord.

Therefore further work is required and we recommend that this study be repeated and / or modified for other breeds with a high prevalence of CM and syringomyelia such as Cavalier King Charles spaniels and Chihuahuas.

The Griffon Bruxellois (known as the Brussels Griffon in the USA) has a high prevalence of the disorder with a conservative estimate of 65 % having CM and 42 — 52 % having syringomyelia [3], [31].

This study supports the multifactorial nature of CM and syringomyelia and that this condition can not be explained by a simple defect in the development of a single skull bone; it is a more complex disorder involving cranial base shortening, craniocervical junction abnormalities and other, as yet undetermined, factors not investigated in this study.

Chiari - like Malformation (CM) and syringomyelia (SM) is a debilitating and painful disease complex in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog breed (CKCS) which is regarded as a complex oligogenic trait of moderately high heritability [1], [2], [3], [4].