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What are the clinical signs of meningitis? Common clinical signs of meningitis include fever, generalized pain (which may be severe), and rigidity of the neck. Affected dogs are often lethargic and may refuse to eat.
Your vet will begin by examining your dog and taking a thorough history. Signs that may suggest meningitis include neck pain, decreased blood pressure, and changes to the optic nerve that may be visible on an ophthalmic (eye) exam. Your vet will take blood and urine tests, which may show infection.
Bacterial meningitis or meningoencephalitis is not common in dogs and is not generally contagious. The usual signs of meningitis are fever, neck pain and rigidity, and painful muscle spasms. Dogs may have these signs without any sign of brain or spinal cord dysfunction.
14 Ιαν 2023 · Bacterial meningitis (BM) and meningoencephalitis (BMEM) are associated with high case fatality rates and neurologic sequelae in people, but limited data exists on outcome in dogs. Hypothesis/Objectives.
To summarise clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and long‐term outcome for dogs clinically diagnosed with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin affecting the spinal cord alone. Medical records were reviewed for dogs diagnosed with ...
The usual signs of meningitis are fever, hyperesthesia, neck rigidity, and painful paraspinal muscle spasms. Dogs and occasionally horses display this syndrome acutely and occasionally chronically, without clinical signs of brain or spinal cord involvement.
Note that one important source of bacterial infection of meninges/CNS parenchyma in dogs is bacterial endocarditis. Organisms usually disseminate via CSF pathways and → cerebrospinal meningitis, often associated with micro abcess formation in brain/spinal cord.
