SymiJtoms. Diagnosis. Prognosis. Treatment. 74I 



on stmiibliiig with the affected limb or advances it by jerks at 

 each step. If the paralysis be only slight the motor disturb- 

 ances are most obvious when the animal is made to move over 

 uneven ground. 



In a case observed by Moller a horse lay down much of the time owing to 

 unilateral paralysis of the radial nerve and paralysis of the opposite side devel- 

 oped. Friis records a case in which there was radial paralysis on one side and 

 sciatic paralysis on the other, and Flohil and Kntzner have observed simultaneous 

 paralysis of the radial and femoral nerve in a horse. 



Diagnosis. The condition is easily differentiated from pa- 

 ralysis caused by thrombosis of the axillary artery by the 

 facts that the pulse can be felt in that vessel and that tlie paraly- 



Fig. 1U(). Paralysis of the radial nerve (Plosz). 



sis is present during both rest and movement. Rupture of the 

 extensor tendons of the forearm can be excluded without 

 difficulty. 



Prognosis. In the majority of cases the animal recovers 

 and sometimes within a few days, but if the paralysis has been 

 in existence for several weeks and there is already considerable 

 atrophy of the muscle recovery is still possible, but paralysis 

 is often persistent in such cases. 



Treatment. Recovery may be hastened by applying the 

 treatment already mentioned on page 739. 



Literature. Albreeht, W. f. Tk., 1903, 594 (Lit.).— Brauer, S. B., 1S90, 74. 

 — Castagne, Pr. Vet., 1905, 387.— Cinotti, N. Ere, 1905, 266.— Diem. W. f. Tk., 

 1906, 503.— Flohil, Tidsskr., 1904, 486.— Frohner, Monh., 1897, VIII, 499.— Hebrant, 

 Ann., 1905, 417.— v. Kukuljevic, B. t. W., 1905, 714.— Kutzner, Z. f. Vk., 1904, 

 492.— Lutz, Monh., 1903, XIV, 532.— Nietzold, S. B., 1904, 79.— Williams, Vet. 

 Journ., 1906, 703.— Wyssmann, W. f. Tk., 1904, 645 (Lit.). 



