The previous series of articles dealt with the heart and circulatory system. We spent a long time discussing canine heartworm as a great (and ever-increasing) ‘new’ disease, which impedes the functions of the heart and blood circulation.
Today, we turn to problems associated with the nervous system. We will be dealing with the treatment of concussions and convulsions (‘fits’) and paralyses and herniated discs (‘slipped’ discs) and the like.
Firstly though, let’s do a superficial introduction to