From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-08-15 17:25:07 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstract: an attempt to better distinguish between types of hind leg weakness
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
> 1. Vet Med Int. 2010;2010. pii: 756321. Epub 2010 Jul 27.
> Electrodiagnostic examination of the tibial nerve in clinically
> normal ferrets.
> Bianchi E, Callegari D, Ravera M, Dondi M.
> Animal Health Department, University of Parma, Via del Taglio 10,
> 43126 Parma, Italy.
> Tibial nerves of 10 normal domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)
> were evaluated by means of electrodiagnostic tests: motor nerve
> conduction studies (MNCSs), supramaximal repetitive nerve
> stimulation (SRNS), F waves, and cord dorsum potentials (CDPs).
> Values of conduction velocity, proximal and distal compound muscular
> action potentials, and amplitudes of MNCS were, respectively, 63.25
> +/- 7.56 m/sec, 10.79 +/- 2.75 mV, and 13.02 +/- 3.41 mV. Mean
> decrements in amplitude and area of compound muscular action
> potentials of wave 9 with low frequency SRNS were 0.3 +/- 3.83% and
> 0.1 +/- 3.51%. The minimum latency of the F waves and the F ratio
> were, respectively, 8.49 +/- 0.65 ms and 1.92 +/- 0.17. Onset
> latency of CDP was 1.99 +/- 0.03 ms. These tests may help in
> diagnosing neuromuscular disorders and in better characterizing the
> hindlimb paresis reported in many ferrets with systemic illnesses.
> PMID: 20706690 [PubMed - in process]
Sukie (not a vet)
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