Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Motor Neuron Disease in Australian Dogs and Cats

Table 2

Clinical scoring system used to standardise the clinical severity of tick paralysis in dogs and cats. Adapted from Atwell et al., 2001.

Neuromuscular Score		Respiratory Signs
1	Normal or mild weakness and incoordination	A	Normal
2	Ambulatory but with obvious weakness	B	Increased respiratory rate, but normal effort
3	Unable to stand, but can right self	C	Restrictive breathing pattern, gagging, retching
4	Unable to right self, moribund	D	Expiratory grunt, dyspnoea, cyanosis