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Canine Epilepsy Research
Epilepsy is the most common long-term neurological disorder experienced by dogs, affecting around 50,000 dogs in the UK. Epilepsy is an extremely debilitating condition for dogs and greatly distressing for their owners. Research in this area, therefore, has enormous benefits for the canine population and also can have benefits for human patients and for other species. Over the past decade, RVC research has led the way in understanding epilepsy using a holistic approach, studying not only affected dogs, but the veterinary team involved in their management and canine caregiver impacts and perspectives, as well as pioneering novel methods to manage epilepsy using rigorously tested non-drug interventions, and understanding the wider comorbidities of epilepsy, to maximise quality of life. More information on their research can be found here - Canine Epilepsy Research
International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF)An international group of vets and scientists, known collectively as the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF), have come together to set out a unified and standardized set of guidelines for the research, diagnosis and treatment of canine and feline epilepsy for the first time ever in veterinary medicine. These 'consensus statements' outline a number of recommendations and classification on all aspects of the condition. The IVETF's collaborative approach has identified a 'chain of care' from the animal's breeder and owner through the first opinion practitioner to the neurology specialist and neuroscientist. Each statement aims to be a 'user friendly', pragmatic, reliable and valid tool that benefit all these groups. This collection has been peer reviewed by the journal's Editorial Board.
BMC Veterinary Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that welcomes research across all aspects of veterinary science and medicine including the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of medical conditions of domestic, companion, farm and wild animals, as well as the biomedical processes that underlie their health.
Showing 1-8 of 8 articles International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force consensus reports on epilepsy definition, classification and terminology, affected dog breeds, diagnosis, treatment, outcome measures of therapeutic trials, neuroimaging and neuropathology in companion animals
Holger A. Volk Editorial: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 174 International veterinary epilepsy task force consensus report on epilepsy definition, classification and terminology in companion animals
Mette Berendt, Robyn G. Farquhar, Holger A. Volk - Correspondence: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 182 International veterinary epilepsy task force recommendations for systematic sampling and processing of brains from epileptic dogs and cats
Kaspar Matiasek, Martí Pumarola i Batlle, Holger A. Volk - Correspondence: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 216 International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force recommendations for a veterinary epilepsy-specific MRI protocol
Clare Rusbridge, Sam Long, Holger A. Volk - Correspondence: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 194 International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force consensus proposal: medical treatment of canine epilepsy in Europe
Sofie F.M. Bhatti, Luisa De Risio, Holger A. Volk - Correspondence: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 176 International veterinary epilepsy task force consensus proposal: diagnostic approach to epilepsy in dogs
Luisa De Risio, Sofie Bhatti, Holger A. Volk - Correspondence: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 148 International veterinary epilepsy task force consensus proposal: outcome of therapeutic interventions in canine and feline epilepsy
Heidrun Potschka, Andrea Fischer, Holger A Volk - Correspondence: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 177 International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force’s current understanding of idiopathic epilepsy of genetic or suspected genetic origin in purebred dogs
Velia-Isabel Hülsmeyer, Andrea Fischer, Holger A. Volk - Correspondence: Open access: 28 August 2015: Article: 175 |