FACTORS DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIENCY IN COMPRESSION AND NON-COMPRESSION LESIONS IN DOGS WITH CARDIOLOGIC PATHOLOGIES

The number of neurological patients in veterinary prac-tice is constantly growing. This is due to increasing number of injuries in animals (fractures, spondylolisthesis), mani-festations of such pathologies as osteochondrosis, tumors of the spinal cord and spinal column (the life expectancy of pets in large cities increases due to, among other things, the use of ready-made diets in their feeding), and also by close inbreeding which increases the proportion of genetic anomalies of the spinal column. Concomitant cardiac dis-eases in neurologically impaired dogs are common in an-esthetic practice of surgical treatment of spinal cord com-pression. Neurological pathology is referred to as urgent, i.e. associated with the need for early diagnosis and treat-ment. In veterinary medicine, as opposed to humane medi-cine, it is often not possible to determine the level / locali-zation of the lesion on the basis of neurological symptoms and syndromes. Accurate and correct diagnosis using a sequential algorithm for examining a cardiologic animal with neurological disorders, using additional diagnostic methods such as myelography, MRI, morphological exami-nation, etc. allow conducting successful surgical treatment and avoiding complications from the cardiovascular system after anesthesia. In the immediate postoperative period, the adaptive mechanisms in the animal body may be insuf-ficient and take on a decompensation character which may cause complications from the cardiovascular system and the death of the patient. The research goal was to statisti-cally analyze the causes of neurological disorders in dogs with concomitant heart diseases, identify the most frequent neurological disorders, and determine the breed and age predisposition of dogs to these diseases under planned anesthesia.