Neurology

Our Services

Areas of Expertise

We are one of the few veterinary hospitals in the US with a dedicated large animal neurologist. One of five double-boarded large animal neurologists in the country, Dr. Johnson and her team is world-renowned for her expertise in neurologic disease, including neurodegenerative conditions (eNAD/EDM), neck problems, EPM, and Lyme neuroborreliosis. The neurology team closely collaborates with Sports Medicine and Surgery clinicians to provide comprehensive care.

Some common causes of neurologic disease in horses include:

• Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) 
• Cervical Vertebral Malformation/Cervical Vertebral Instability (CVM/CVI), also known as “Wobbler syndrome” 
• Neurodegenerative diseases (eNAD/EDM)
• Neurologic Lyme disease (neuroborreliosis) 
• Traumatic brain or spinal cord injury
• Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy (THO)
• Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) 
• West Nile Virus (WNV)
• Other viral encephalitis
• Headshaking
• Seizure disorders

Diagnostic services include:

• Complete neurologic examination
• Standing robotic CT of the head and neck
• Radiography
• Myelography
• Ultrasound
• Cerebrospinal fluid analysis (“Spinal tap”)
• Muscle biopsy
• Electromyography (EMG)
• Brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER)
• Behavioral video monitoring
• Ultrasound-guided articular process joint injections
• Perineural cervical injections

Watch Dr. Johnson and Dr. Colmer’s First Tuesday Lecture, “ECVM and Other Neck Abnormalities in Horses.

To learn more about EDM, check out Dr. Johnson’s recent podcast.

Interested in supporting our clinical research? Donate to our ongoing research into equine neurologic diseases.