SENSORY NEURONOPATHY OF POSSIBLE TOXIC ETIOLOGY IN A DOG

A sensory neuropathy was diagnosed in a 4-year-old Labrador Retriever. Clinical features included generalised ataxia and loss of myotatic re flexes. No cranial nerve abnormalities could be detected. Motor nerve conduction velocities were normal; measurement of sensory nerve conduc tion velocities was not possible, as sensory nerve potentials could no t be elicited. The condition was unresponsive to corticosteroids. Post mortem examination was consistent with a primary neuronopathy with sec ondary axonal atrophy in both the spinal cord and peripheral nerves.