title: Neurologic disorders of neonatal foals.
abstract: Neurologic examination of the neonatal foal is quite different from the process used to examine older foals and adult horses. Abnormal neurologic signs are best appreciated in the context of a detailed knowledge of general neonatal medicine and awareness of nor-mal foal behavior and milestones of development. A systematic approach to neurologic examination is provided. The results of such examination are used to localize a lesion or lesions in the nervous system. Descriptions and treatment strategies are given for most common and important neonatal neurologic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, PO Box 100136, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. mackayr@mail.vetmed.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: MacKay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*