Dr. Sara LONGO
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Teaching goals
- The aim of this conference is to become familiar with the most typical presentation of neuromuscular disease in the dog.
Teaching goals
- To become familiar with the available diagnostic tools to investigate neuromuscular disease in cats and dogs
Teaching goals
- To become familiar with the most typical presentation of neuromuscular disease in the cat.
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- Being familiar with the most important clinical and examination features in spinal patients
- Being able to distinguish a lower motor neuron vs upper motor neuron spinal presentation
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- Being familiar with the most important clinical and examination features in patients presenting with epileptic seizures.
Teaching goals
- To become familiar with the most common tests used to evaluate the cranial nerves, during the neurological examination.
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- To be able to recognized the most common posture and gait abnormalities and to be able to associate them to specific parts of the nervous system
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- To understand the anatomical basis of sympathetic innervation of the eye
- To understand the clinical signs and main differential diagnosis associated with Horner’s syndrome in dogs and cats.
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- To recognise the most common clinical signs of vestibular disease
- To be aware of the most common clinical signs that can help in distinguish a central from a peripheral vestibular syndrome
- To be aware of the main differential diagnosis for both central and peripheral vestibular diseases
Teaching goals
- To understand the main concepts for the assessment and management of head trauma cases.
Teaching goals
- To understand the main physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms involved in traumatic brain injury, in order to be prepared for a prompt and efficient management of the head trauma cases.