Areas of investigation include spinal cord injury, encephalitis, chiari - like malformations, hereditary movement disorders, brain tumors, and
canine idiopathic epilepsy — a chronic condition affecting some four million dogs that is characterized by recurring seizures.
Citation: Packer RMA, McGreevy PD, Salvin HE, Valenzuela MJ, Chaplin CM, Volk HA (2018) Cognitive dysfunction in naturally occurring
canine idiopathic epilepsy.
Most dogs that have epilepsy have
canine idiopathic epilepsy.
Canine idiopathic epilepsy, also known as primary epilepsy, is epilepsy (seizures) that has no known cause.
Not exact matches
While
canine seizures may be caused by head trauma, brain tumors, toxins, infections, birth defects and many other identifiable causes, the vast majority of seizures in young dogs (one to three years old) are
idiopathic or genetic
epilepsy.
My Siberian Husky, Gibson, was diagnosed with
idiopathic epilepsy almost 7 years ago and talk a lot about
Canine Epilepsy on my blog.
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Here we use data from a psychometrically validated tool, the
canine cognitive dysfunction rating (CCDR) scale, to compare cognitive dysfunction in dogs diagnosed with
idiopathic epilepsy (IE) with controls while accounting for age.