Idiopathic epilepsy in dogs is a common neurological disorder marked by recurrent, unprovoked seizures caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Some seizures result from structural ...

A recent study at the University of Helsinki reveals that dogs with epilepsy exhibit distinct alterations in trace elements and heavy metal levels in their blood and fur compared with healthy ...

An international research team from the fields of veterinary medicine and genetics has developed a new survey tool to advance canine epilepsy diagnosis and research. Epilepsy and dyskinesia are canine ...

Working with medically trained service dogs is associated with a 31% reduction in seizures compared with usual care in treatment-resistant epilepsy, a new study showed. Investigators speculate that ...

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, having a dog companion trained in detecting seizures and other epilepsy-related tasks may reduce the amount of seizures they have, according to new research ...

Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent chronic neurological disorders in the domestic dog and poses significant challenges to veterinary clinicians and owners alike. The condition is defined by ...

Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and Center for Systems Neuroscience in Hannover, Germany have discovered that fecal microbiota transplants ...

It was back in the early 1990s that people who studied dogs were surprised by a number of reports about dogs like Harley, a golden retriever owned by Victoria Doroshenko. Victoria has epilepsy, and ...