BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology, 5th Edition

Simon R. Platt (Editor), Natasha Olby (Editor), Elsa Beltran (Editor) 

ISBN: 9781910443835

Wiley-Blackwell

June 2026

550 pages

Description

Your practical guide to managing neurology cases from presentation to diagnosis and treatment.

This revised and updated edition of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology provides veterinary professionals with a logical and systematic approach to managing these challenging presentations. The book takes readers through the increasing range of diagnostic tests and procedures that are available, followed by chapters covering the diverse signs and symptoms of neurological conditions, then finally a section on current therapeutic options.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Forward

Preface

Part 1: Diagnostic procedures

1 The neurological examination

2 Clinical reasoning – neurolocalization and differential diagnoses

3 Clinical pathology

4 Electrophysiology

5 Neuroimaging

6 Tissue biopsy

7 Genetic diseases

Part 2: Neurological presentations

8 Emergency protocols

9 Seizures

10 Encephalopathies

11 Disorders of the eyes and vision

12 Vestibular syndrome

13 Abnormalities of the head and face

14 Movement disorders

15 Neck and back pain

16 Acute myelopathies

17 Chronic myelopathies

18 Monoparesis or monoplegia

19 Generalized weakness, exercise intolerance, collapse

20 Tail, anal and bladder dysfunction

Part 3: Therapeutics

21 Neurotoxicology

22 Anaesthesia and analgesia

23 Principles of neurosurgery

24 Drug therapy for disease of the nervous system

25 Neuro-oncology

26 Rehabilitation of the neurological patient

Appendices

1 Neurological disorders associated with cat and dog breeds

2 Vitamin D classification of diseases

3 Conversion tables

4 Scales

Index