CASE STUDY: 4 years 9 month, Male, Labrador Retriever by Matthew Scott BSc (Hons) MNAVP History: Owner noticed the dog running down to the bottom of the garden, yelped, and then could not use pelvic limbs. He was admitted to hospital where a neurological exam and MRI revealed T13-L1 acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion (ANNPE). He was immediately put on cage rest and taken out several times a day for toileting. Presentation: Ambulatory with assistance and paraparetic (very asymmetrical, right pelvic limb had minimal hip motion) whilst hospitalised. Conscious proprioception was absent on the right and slow but present on...

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