Myelopathy in Cats WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Myelopathy in Cats
Myelopathy is a disease that generally affects dogs, but can also affect cats. It is a degenerative neurologic disease affecting spinal cord and is similar to multiple sclerosis in humans.1
Fast Facts:
- Diagnostic tests are performed mainly to rule out other causes of slowly progressive weakness and lack of coordination.2
- First described as a specific neurologic disease in 1973.3
- Symptoms are a progressive weakness and ataxia of the hindquarters, which may come and go, or just get steadily worse.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Go Pets America: Degenerative Myelopathy
- ↑ PetPlace: Degenerative Myelopathy
- ↑ Southern California Veterinary Referral Group: Degenerative Myelopathy
- ↑ Dr. Nancy's Place: Myelopathy
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cat Myelopathy, Cats With Myelopathy, Feline Myelopathy, Degenerative Myelopathy in Cats
- Last update: Sep. 11, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
