Table 3.9 Presenting signs in peripheral neuropathy.

Ataxia
Muscle atrophy
Hyporeflexia/hypotonia or paresis
Difficulty rising
The muscle weakness may be progressive, usually affects the hindlimbs before the forelimbs and is not exercise dependent
Loss of bark (neuropathy of the recurrent laryngeal nerve)
Megaoesophagus
Megacolon