There are a broad range of diseases in cats which are capable of causing neurological signs.
Complete neurological testing is mandatory prior to further diagnostic workup[1].
Diseases of the nervous system of cats:
| Acquired motor neurone disease | Dyslipidemia | Hydrocephalus | Neuraxonal dystrophy |
| Aortic thromboembolism | Encephalitozoon encephalitis | Hypervitaminosis A | Niemann-Pick disease |
| Arachnoid cysts | Episodic weakness | Hyperoxaluria | Non-suppurative meningoencephalomyelitis |
| Arthrogryposis | FIV encephalitis | Hypokalemic polymyopathy | Obsessive compulsive disorders |
| Atlantoaxial subluxation | Feline polioencephalomyelitis | Hypomyelination | Otitis media |
| Axonopathy | Fibrocartilaginous embolism | Idiopathic vestibular syndrome | Phaeohyphomycosis |
| Borna disease virus | Hyperesthesia syndrome | Ischaemic encephalopathy | Polyradiculoneuritis |
| Brain tumours | Hypertensive encephalopathy | Ischaemic neuromyopathy | Sacrocaudal dysgenesis |
| Cerebellar cortical abiotrophy | Gangliosidosis | Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy | Sarcocystis encephalitis |
| Cerebellar hypoplasia/atrophy | Globoid cell leukodystrophy | Leucoencephalopathy | Seizures |
| Cryptococcus encephalitis | Glycogen/lysosomal storage diseases | Lissencephaly | Spina bifida |
| Cuterebrosis | Head trauma | Lymphoma | Spongiform encephalopathy |
| Dandy-Walker syndrome | Hepatic encephalopathy | Meningioma | Subarachnoid diverticula |
| Diabetic neuropathy | Hereditary myopathy in Devon Rex | Meningoencephalitis | Taenia spp coenurosis |
| Dermoid sinus | Hippocampal necrosis | Meningoencephalocele | Thiamine deficiency |
| Duchenne muscular dystrophy | Hydranencephaly | Motor neurone disease | Vestibular disorders |
| Dysautonomia | Nerve sheath tumor | Myasthenia gravis | |
| Wobbly kitten syndrome |
References
- ↑ de Lahunta, A. & Glass, E. (2008) Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology, Elsevier, USA