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SPINA BIFIDA WITH SYRINGOMYELIA AND MENINGOCOELE IN A SHORT‐TAILED CAT
Author(s) -
Clark Leigh,
Carlisle Carol H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1975.tb15605.x
Subject(s) - spina bifida , syringomyelia , vertebral column , urination , breed , anatomy , paralysis , medicine , spina bifida occulta , spinal column , spinal cord , biology , surgery , zoology , urinary system , psychiatry
Spina bifida of the proximal coccygeal vertebral column with an associated meningocoele is described in a male, mixed breed, congenitally short-tailed cat. The meningocoele had opened onto the skin of the tail allowing periodic escape of cerebrospinal fluid. Other clinical signs exhibited by the animal were an abnormal hindquarter gait, paralysis of the tail and defective control of urination and defaecation.