Table 1 Distribution of disease categories
Diseases | Findings | Number of dogs |
|---|---|---|
SRMA Acute (SRMA A) | Dogs with fever, cervical pain, neutrophilic leukocytosis and pleocytosis, no pre-treatment with glucocorticosteroid | 14 |
SRMA Therapy (SRMA Th) | Dogs from SRMA A group, asymptomatic under long-term glucocorticosteroid treatment | 23 |
Bacterial meningitis (BM) | Dogs with meningitis/meningoencephalitis caused by bacterial infections | 3 |
Meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology (MUE) | Dogs with clinical, CSF, MRI and/or pathological findings consistent with meningoencephalitis, in which no causative agent has been identified. | 6 |
Neoplasia (Neopl.) | Dogs with clinical, CSF, MRI and/or pathological findings consistent with neoplasia of the CNS | 6 |
Miscellaneous (Mix) | Dogs with miscellaneous non-inflammatory neurological diseases including intervertebral disc disease, peripheral nervous system diseases and idiopathic epilepsy | 9 |
Pyogenic infection (Pyo) | Dogs suffering from diseases caused by pyogenic infections, such as pyometra, pyothorax and bacterial peritonitis | 13 |
Healthy | Healthy dogs | 6 |