Seizures in dogs under primary veterinary care in the United Kingdom: Etiology, diagnostic testing, and clinical management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although seizures are common in dogs, limited published information is available on the classifications of seizures, diagnostic approaches, or clinical management of seizure-affected patients in the veterinary primary care setting.

Objectives

Explore seizure etiology, diagnostic testing, and clinical management of seizure-affected dogs in the primary care veterinary setting.

Animals

A total of 455 553 dogs in VetCompass.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis by cohort clinical data.

Results

From 2834 incident seizure cases, we identified 579 (20.5%) dogs with epilepsy based on the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF) classification system, including 484 (17.1%) with idiopathic epilepsy, 95 (3.4%) with structural epilepsy, and 179 do

SUBMITTER: Erlen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694840 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature