NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS FOR DISCOPATHY OF DOGS
The work was performed at the department of internal non-communicable diseases, obstetrics and physiology of farm animals of the Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University. The clinical part - in veterinary clinics: “Panacea” and “Vita” (Krasnoyarsk) for the period 2015 - 2017. For the study, spontaneously selected patients with discopathy who applied for veterinary care were animals with neurological symptoms according to a 5-point system. 425 dogs with neurological disorders were examined. Of these, 302 animals, which accounted for 71.1%, caused spinal fractures as the cause of neurological disorders, 91 (21.4%) animals showed spondylosis and 32 animals (7.5%) had discopathy. With this pathology, the majority were dachshunds, according to our data, 17 animals or 53.1%. The second place is occupied by the Pekingese - 9 (28.1%), three dogs each - toy terrier and half breed dogs. Among all intervertebral discopathies found in dogs and cats, hernias of intervertebral disks are in the lead. Discopathy type Hansen 1 (extrusion) is 71.4%. Hernia of this type was mainly recorded in dogs of the dachshund and Pekingese. The share of protrusion (Hanseni2) disk was 28.6%, the disease most often recorded in older dogs. Chondrodystrophic breeds are most often affected by them, however, there are injuries in this area and in dogs of large breeds. Under clinical observation were animals aged 4-12 years. However, the average age of the animals was 6.3 years. With regard to gender, a special pattern is not revealed. The disease is also found in males, which accounted for 56.4%, and in females - 14 (43.6%).