SUBARACHNOID ABSCESS AS A COMPLICATION OF DISCOSPONDYLITIS IN A DOG

A three-year-old German shepherd dog was presented with a history of a cute neck pain. A diagnosis of acute discospondylitis involving two in tervertebral disc spaces was made. The dog initially responded to cons ervative treatment over an eight-week period and then suddenly deterio rated. Spinal cord compression was evident on cervical myelography. At autopsy, a subarachnoid abscess was present at the intervertbral disc space between the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae.