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Neurology Service
Like people, pets suffer from neurologic diseases affecting the brain, spinal cord and neuromuscular system. At the UW-Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, the neurology service provides such animals with diagnosis, therapy, surgery and emergency care. Common presenting complaints in our patients include seizures, disorientation, imbalance, weakness or paralysis. The neurology team consists of a board certified neurologist, 2 specialty trained neurology clinicians, a neurology technician and a resident. We see dogs and cats as appointments and consult with other veterinarians on exotic animals, food animal, horses, and laboratory animals.
Highlights of service
- Wisconsin’s only board certified veterinary neurologist.
- State-of-the-art equipment for diagnostic imaging, including an in-house MRI and CT. Neurologists work in collaboration with board certified veterinary radiologists to arrive at accurate clinical diagnoses.
- State-of-the-art equipment and expertise in intracranial and spinal surgery.
Common conditions
- Conditions affecting the spinal cord
- Intervertebral disc herniation (slipped discs)
- Tumors
- Wobbler Syndrome (cervical spondylomyelopathy)
- Lumbosacral disease
- Trauma
- Conditions affecting the brain
- Epilepsy
- Tumors
- Infectious and inflammatory disease
- Vestibular disease
- Conditions affecting the neuromuscular system
- Myasthenia gravis
- Coon hound paralysis
- Myopathies (diseases of the muscles)
- Neuropathies (diseases of the nerves)
Equipment
- Electrodiagnostic equipment for evaluating nerve and muscle function
- MRI machine
- CT Scanner
- Microscope for Intracranial Surgery
Faculty Members:
Helena Rylander, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology)
Resident:
