Statistics of the occurrence of syringomyelia in dogs

UDC 636.7
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202302010

Authors

Nikolay A. Kozlov,
Yussef Zhemai,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology – MVA named after K. I. Skryabin, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

This research is devoted to methods of diagnosis of syringomyelia small dogs breeds. Syringomyelia is widespread among small breed dogs. The Magnetic resonance tomography is the only and effective diagnostic method for making a diagnosis. This pathology is common throughout the spinal cord, but in the cervical region it occurs more often in small breeds. This article is based on a study of 44 animals representing 8 different animal breeds.

Keywords

magnetic resonance imaging, syringomyelia, small dogs, cerebrospinal fluid, Central nervous system