Clinical Sciences Question of the day

A three-year-old Dachshund presents with acute onset of severe thoracolumbar pain, arched back, and hypermetria, ataxia, and weakness in the pelvic limbs. Ambulation is normal in the thoracic limbs.

The cutaneous trunci reflex caudal to T13 is absent on the right and absent caudal to L3 on the left.

Of the following choices, where is the likely location of this dog’s lesion?

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