INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE CNS IN DOGS CATS

摘要

The hallmark of central nervous system (CNS) inflammation is infiltration of peripheral blood leukocytes into the neuroparenchyma and its coverings, resulting in various types of encephalitis and/or meningitis, sometimes associated with altered vascular integrity that leads to edema. The etiologies of inflammatory disease of the CNS are very diverse. Simplistically, they can be classed as pathogenic and nonpathogenic, with the latter being potentially related to immune-system dysfunction and accounting for about 80% of the cases in Europe and the United States. Infectious causes may be viral, protozoal, bacterial, rickettsial, or fungal.