title: Lumbosacral disease.
abstract: Careful clinical and neurologic evaluations are the foundation on which a diagnosis of lumbosacral disease is based. Appropriate use of ancillary diagnostic aids will confirm the diagnosis and allow appropriate treatment to be instituted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wheeler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002415:Cats; D002420:Cauda Equina; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004285:Dogs; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*