Sentences with phrase «while idiopathic epilepsy»

While idiopathic epilepsy is a common cause of seizures in younger dogs, brain tumors, trauma, and toxins should also be ruled out.

Not exact matches

While uncommon in young puppies, idiopathic epilepsy is possible, where no cause is identifiable.

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.

The same drugs used for idiopathic epilepsy may control those type of seizures for a while; but unless the underlying cause is determined and successfully treated, the pet» long term outlook is grave.

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.