ภาวะเสียการประสานงานของกล้ามเนื้อ

Key Facts

• Three types: cerebellar (head/body sway, high-stepping gait), proprioceptive (knuckling feet, spinal cord), vestibular (head tilt, circling)
• Must be differentiated from lameness or weakness
• Common causes: inner ear disease, brain tumors, spinal cord compression, inflammatory diseases, toxins
• Cerebellar ataxia: congenital defects, inflammatory disease, brain tumors, strokes
• Proprioceptive ataxia: intervertebral disk disease, spinal cord tumors, degenerative myelopathy
• Vestibular ataxia: inner ear infection, vestibular-disease
• Diagnosis: neurological exam, MRI, CT scan, spinal fluid analysis
• Species: dogs and cats