Quotes from my life at vet school

[cjsmith]

About dysconjugate nystagmus: "This is not something we see very often, but when we do, we make a movie

Comments

[kimatha]

These are awesome!

[cjsmith]

I'm not? :)

[daphnep]

Thanks for these--I lol'ed.

[katestine]

We LOLed too.

What does the hunting dog one mean?

[cjsmith]

The response about it being so easy is because the owner already cured him (of being "dead", heh!), so the vet doesn't have a lot of work ahead of her. :-)

The back story is that this is a common presentation for tick paralysis. Something in the saliva (we think - no one's isolated it yet) of Dermacentor ticks causes paralysis. Pull those beasties off and the animal recovers quickly, often within hours. We're lucky here in the States because our ticks are wimpy. Australian tick paralysis can require mechanical ventilator support for days or weeks.

[katestine]

Interrresting. Thanks for taking the time to explain.

[cjsmith]

Oh definitely. Well, at least I did! :-)