title: Conditions of the lumbosacral spinal cord and cauda equina.
abstract: Lumbosacral conditions are now recognized as compromising a significant percentage of problems for dogs and cats with rear limb abnormalities. Diagnosis is based on logically ruling out the more common maladies and then performing specific diagnostic procedures that definitively show the lesion(s).
authors.affiliation: Akron Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center, Ohio 44321-0294, USA.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002415:Cats; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013522:Surgery, Veterinary / Q000379:methods