New Approach for Canine Epilepsy

New Approach for Canine Epilepsy | School of Veterinary Medicine

Researchers and clinicians at UC Davis veterinary hospital are evaluating a novel technique to better understand and treat canine epilepsy.

Pioneering trial offers new treatment hope for dogs with epilepsy

The METriC trial will use a new medication – never used in dogs or humans – to help treat some of the sickest dogs with epilepsy. To do this, ...

How Our Researchers Are Leading the Way in Canine Epilepsy ...

The treatment involves surgical implantation of a pacemaker-like device under the skin, with electrodes wrapped around a specific nerve in the ...

Pioneering trial offers new treatment hope for dogs with epilepsy

The METriC trial will use a new medication – never used in dogs or humans – to help treat some of the sickest dogs with epilepsy. To do this the ...

Epilepsy Research Initiative - AKC Canine Health Foundation

The Epilepsy Research Initiative continues today to equip dog owners and veterinarians with the latest educational resources and further cutting-edge canine ...

Neurostimulation as a Method of Treatment and a Preventive ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are the current methods applied and described in ...

A Potential New Therapy for Refractory Idiopathic Epilepsy in Dogs

Idiopathic epilepsy (IE) is a common disease in dogs. Up to 20-30% of these dogs are refractory to available therapies, and there is currently no cure for ...

New Treatment Tool for Canine Epilepsy - North Hill Animal Hospital

Treatment of epilepsy requires a holistic approach encompassing anti-epileptic drug therapy, managing the animals stress level, identifying ...

Behavioral comorbidities treatment by fecal microbiota ... - Frontiers

Behavioral comorbidities treatment by fecal microbiota transplantation in canine epilepsy: a pilot study of a novel therapeutic approach

International veterinary epilepsy task force recommendations for ...

The protocols introduced herein shall facilitate systematic sampling and processing of epileptic brains and therefore increase the efficacy, reliability and ...

Gut Microbiome Study Could Guide New Canine Epilepsy Treatments

Now a new clinical study could help fill in some of the blanks. Funded by the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, the three-year ...

Nutrition breakthrough to help manage dogs with epilepsy

Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets NC NeuroCare is the first and only diet to help nutritionally manage dogs with epilepsy as an adjunct to ...

Discoveries - AKC Canine Health Foundation

Hence, we started to investigate the influence of diet on canine epilepsy. We used a study design similar to what you would use when developing new anti-seizure ...

Neurologic Breakthrough in Canine Nutrition

Dietary Therapy: A New Approach to Managing Dogs With Epilepsy? · Epilepsy Study Examines the Effects of Test Diet With Mct Oil on Seizures · Diet Helps ...

Finding New Solutions for Epileptic Dogs - Morris Animal Foundation

Fiona James at the University of Guelph, Canada, is working to find new ways to reduce seizures in dogs with epilepsy. Her team is collecting ...

The role of neuroinflammation in canine epilepsy - ScienceDirect

These dogs might have an increased risk for experiencing cluster seizures or status epilepticus. These findings highlight the need for a new individualized ...

Editorial: Epilepsy in veterinary science - PMC

showed the potential efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (rTMS) in drug-resistant dogs with IE (12). Yet more data ...

World first, RVC finds cognitive impairments in dogs with epilepsy

You can't teach epileptic dogs new tricks? A series of pioneering research studies from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) into dogs with ...

study protocol | BMC Veterinary Research

Therefore, novel additional epilepsy management options are urgently needed. The microbiome-gut-brain axis may serve as a new target for the ...

Translational veterinary epilepsy: A win-win situation for human and ...

In both dogs and humans, dietary therapy is currently considered part of the multimodal approach to the treatment of epilepsy besides drugs. This additional non ...