Epilepsy and dyskinesia are canine neurological disorders with overlapping clinical symptoms. An international team, led by Professor Andrea Fischer, neurologist at LMU's Small Animal Clinic, and ...

Channing Seideman gracefully rides her 1,000-pound horse, Perla, at Batavia's Majestic Farm. Nearby is a different animal: Seideman's service dog, Bishop. Bishop watches to make sure his 30-year-old ...

We humans share a lot of similarities with dogs, such as personal preferences, social behaviors, facial expressions, and 80 percent of our DNA. We also have many diseases in common, including epilepsy ...

Phenobarbital is a drug that veterinarians use to treat dogs having seizures. The drug is categorized as a barbiturate. Your vet may give it to your dog if they have epilepsy or other causes of ...

Imagine slipping in and out of consciousness hundreds of times per day, staying awake the whole time but having no sense of awareness during these lapses. In children with absence epilepsy, these ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

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 ...