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Mark Lowrie

Mark Lowrie MA VetMB MVM DipECVN MRCVS

RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology

Mark was born and raised in Cheshire. He qualified from the University of Cambridge and then worked in first opinion small animal practice. Following an internship at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), he moved to the University of Glasgow to complete a residency in veterinary neurology. Mark worked for several years at a leading multidisciplinary veterinary centre near London, then as Clinical Director for a multidisciplinary referral centre in the East Midlands.

Mark has a Master’s degree on steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis in dogs and has a particular interest in management of movement disorders, inflammatory brain and spinal disease and feline neurology. He is Veterinary Consultant to the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) and was awarded the prestigious national prize of “Petplan Vet of the Year” in 2022.

Awards and achievements

  • ECVN Diploma in veterinary neurology (2012)
  • RCVS Specialist in veterinary neurology (2009)
  • Over 70 peer-reviewed papers
  • Petplan ‘Vet of the Year’, 2022
  1. Van Poucke M, Stee K, Lowrie M, et al. The recessive c.126C>A(p.(Cys42Ter) SLC7A10 nonsense variant causes paradoxical pseudomyotonia in English Cocker and Springer Spaniels. Animal Genetics 2023. 
  2. Green M, Lowrie M, Garosi L, et al: Paroxysmal dyskinesia in sphynx cats. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 2021. 
  3. Cerda-Gonzalez S, Packer RA, Garosi L, et al: International veterinary canine dyskinesia task force ECVN consensus statement: Terminology and classification. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 35:1218-1230, 2021. 
  4. Christen M, Gutierrez-Quintana R, et al: A frameshift variant in the TNR gene encoding tenascin-R is associated with an exercise-induced paroxysmal movement disorder in Weimaraner dogs. Movement Disorders 2023. 
  5. Stee K, Broeckx BJG, Targett M, et al: Cytosine arabinoside constant rate infusion without subsequent subcutaneous injections for the treatment of dogs with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin. Veterinary Record 187, 2020. 
  6. Mignan T, Targett M, Lowrie M: Classification of myasthenia gravis and congenital myasthenic syndromes in dogs and cats. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 34:1707-1717, 2020. 
  7. Stee K, Van Poucke M, Peelman L, et al: Paradoxical pseudomyotonia in English Springer and Cocker Spaniels. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 34:253-257, 2020. 
  8. Gomes SA, Lowrie M, Targett M: Single dose epidural methylprednisolone as a treatment and predictor of outcome following subsequent decompressive surgery in degenerative lumbosacral stenosis with foraminal stenosis. Veterinary Journal 257, 2020. 
  9. Lowrie M, Garden O, Hadjivassiliou M, et al: Characterization of paroxysmal gluten sensitive dyskinesia in Border terriers using serological markers. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 32:775-781, 2018. 
  10. Lowrie M, Garosi L. Classification of Involuntary Movements in Dogs: Myoclonus and myotonia. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 31:979-987, 2017. 
  11. Lowrie M, Garosi L. Classification of Involuntary Movements in Dogs: Paroxysmal Dyskinesias. Veterinary Journal 220: 65-71, 2016. 
  12. Lowrie M, Garosi L. Classification of Involuntary Movements in Dogs: Tremors and Twitches. Veterinary Journal 214: 109-116, 2016. 
  13. Lowrie M, Thomson S, Smith P, et al. Effect of a constant rate infusion of cytosine arabinoside on mortality in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin. Veterinary Journal 213: 1-5, 2016. 
  14. Lowrie M, Thomson S, Bessant C, et al. Levetiracetam in the management of feline audiogenic seizures: a randomized, controlled, open-label study. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 19: 200-206, 2016. 
  15. Lowrie M, Garden O, Hadjivassiliou M, et al. The clinical and serological effect of a gluten-free diet in Border Terriers with canine epileptoid cramping syndrome. J Vet Intern Med; 29:1564-1568, 2015. 
  16. Lowrie M, Bessant C, Harvey RJ, et al. Audiogenic reflex seizures in cats. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 18: 328-336, 2016. 
  17. Lowrie M, Platt S and Garosi L. Extramedullary spinal cysts in small animals. Veterinary Surgery; 43:650-662, 2014. 
  18. Lowrie M, Smith P and Garosi L. Meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: Investigation of prognostic factors and outcome using a standard treatment protocol. Veterinary Record; 172: 527, 2013. 
  19. Lowrie M, De Risio L, Dennis R, et al. Concurrent medical conditions and long-term outcome in dogs with non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage. Journal of Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound; 53: 381-388, 2012. 
  20. Lowrie M, Penderis J, Eckersall PD, et al. Steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis: a prospective study of potential disease markers, prednisolone treatment and long-term outcome (2006-2008). Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 23: 862-870, 2009.