Did you know that hypothyroid dogs may only show signs of neurologic dysfunction, not the classic clinical signs? If you note any of the signs in Table 1 in one of your canine patients, such as tetraparesis, a head tilt, or facial paralysis, considerperforming pituitary-thyroid axis testing to rule out hypothyroidism. Explore three cases of dogs with neurologic signs that were found to have hypothyroidism, and see when you should test for this disease in your patients with neuromuscular.
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