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A review of treatment options for behavioural manifestations of clinical anxiety as a comorbidity in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy (2018)
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Watson, F., Rusbridge, C., Packer, R. M. A., Casey, R. A., Heath, S., & Volk, H. A. (2018). A review of treatment options for behavioural manifestations of clinical anxiety as a comorbidity in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.06.001

Psychiatric comorbidities affect a large percentage of people with epilepsy and have a detrimental impact on their quality of life. Recently, behavioural comorbidities, with similar characteristics to human psychiatric diseases, have been identified... Read More about A review of treatment options for behavioural manifestations of clinical anxiety as a comorbidity in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy.

Cognitive dysfunction in naturally occurring canine idiopathic epilepsy (2018)
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Packer, R. M. A., McGreevy, P. D., Salvin, H. E., Valenzuela, M. J., Chaplin, C. M., & Volk, H. A. (2018). Cognitive dysfunction in naturally occurring canine idiopathic epilepsy. PLoS ONE, 13(2), e0192182. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192182

Globally, epilepsy is a common serious brain disorder. In addition to seizure activity, epilepsy is associated with cognitive impairments including static cognitive impairments present at onset, progressive seizure-induced impairments and co-morbid d... Read More about Cognitive dysfunction in naturally occurring canine idiopathic epilepsy.

Clinical reasoning in feline epilepsy: Which combination of clinical information is useful? (2017)
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Stanciu, G. D., Packer, R. M. A., Pakozdy, A., Solcan, G., & Volk, H. A. (2017). Clinical reasoning in feline epilepsy: Which combination of clinical information is useful?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.04.001

We sought to identify the association between clinical risk factors and the diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy (IE) or structural epilepsy (SE) in cats, using statistical models to identify combinations of discrete parameters from the patient signalmen... Read More about Clinical reasoning in feline epilepsy: Which combination of clinical information is useful?.

Evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging guidelines for differentiation between thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusions and intervertebral disk protrusions in dogs (2016)
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De Decker, S., Gomes, S. A., Packer, R. M. A., Kenny, P. J., Beltran, E., Parzefall, B., Fenn, J. T., Nair, D., Nye, G., & Volk, H. A. (2016). Evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging guidelines for differentiation between thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusions and intervertebral disk protrusions in dogs. https://doi.org/10.1111/vru.12394

Four MRI variables have recently been suggested to be independently associated with a diagnosis of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion or protrusion. Midline intervertebral disk herniation, and partial intervertebral disk degeneration were as... Read More about Evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging guidelines for differentiation between thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusions and intervertebral disk protrusions in dogs.

In the Eye of the Beholder: Owner Preferences for Variations in Cats’ Appearances with Specific Focus on Skull Morphology
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Farnworth, M. J., Packer, R. M. A., Sordo, L., Chen, R., Caney, S. M. A., & Gunn-Moore, D. A. (in press). In the Eye of the Beholder: Owner Preferences for Variations in Cats’ Appearances with Specific Focus on Skull Morphology. Animals, 8(2), 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8020030

Changes in the popularity of cat breeds are largely driven by human perceptions of, and selection for, phenotypic traits including skull morphology. The popularity of breeds with altered skull shapes appears to be increasing, and owner preferences ar... Read More about In the Eye of the Beholder: Owner Preferences for Variations in Cats’ Appearances with Specific Focus on Skull Morphology.

Epilepsy today
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Berendt, M., Hüelsmeyer, V.-I., Bhatti, S. F. M., De Risio, L., Farquhar, R. G., Fischer, A., Mandigers, P. J. J., Long, S., Matiasek, K., Munana, K., Packer, R. M. A., Pakozdy, A., Patterson, E. E., Penderis, J., Platt, S., Podell, M., Potschka, H., Batlle Pumarola, M., Rusbridge, C., Stein, V. M., …Volk, H. A. Epilepsy today. Kleintierpraxis, https://doi.org/10.2377/0023-2076-61-425

International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force Consensus Proposal: Diagnostic approach to epilepsy in dogs
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De Risio, L., Bhatti, S. F. A., Munana, K., Penderis, J., Stein, V., Tipold, A., Berendt, M., Farquhar, R. G., Fischer, A., Long, S., Mandigers, P. J. J., Matiasek, K., Packer, R. M. A., Pakozdy, A., Patterson, N., Platt, S., Podell, M., Potschka, H., Pumarola Batlle, M., Rusbridge, C., & Volk, H. A. (in press). International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force Consensus Proposal: Diagnostic approach to epilepsy in dogs. BMC Veterinary Research, 11(148), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0462-1

This article outlines the consensus proposal on diagnosis of epilepsy in dogs by the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force. The aim of this consensus proposal is to improve consistency in the diagnosis of epilepsy in the clinical and research... Read More about International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force Consensus Proposal: Diagnostic approach to epilepsy in dogs.

International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force's current understanding of idiopathic epilepsy of genetic or suspected genetic origin in purebred dogs
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Hüelsmeyer, V.-I., Fischer, A., Mandigers, P. J. J., De Risio, L., Berendt, M., Rusbridge, C., Bhatti, S. F. M., Pakozdy, A., Patterson, E. E., Platt, S., Packer, R. M. A., & Volk, H. A. (in press). International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force's current understanding of idiopathic epilepsy of genetic or suspected genetic origin in purebred dogs. BMC Veterinary Research, 11, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0463-0

Canine idiopathic epilepsy is a common neurological disease affecting both purebred and crossbred dogs. Various breed-specific cohort, epidemiological and genetic studies have been conducted to date, which all improved our knowledge and general under... Read More about International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force's current understanding of idiopathic epilepsy of genetic or suspected genetic origin in purebred dogs.

Inter-observer agreement of canine and feline paroxysmal event semiology and classification by veterinary neurology specialists and non-specialists
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Packer, R. M. A., Berendt, M., Bhatti, S. F. A., Charalambous, M., Cizinauskas, S., De Risio, L., Farquhar, R. G., Hampel, R., Hill, M., Mandigers, P. J., Pakozdy, A., Preston, S. M., Rusbridge, C., Stein, V. M., Taylor-Brown, F. E., Tipold, A., & Volk, H. A. (in press). Inter-observer agreement of canine and feline paroxysmal event semiology and classification by veterinary neurology specialists and non-specialists. BMC Veterinary Research, 11(1), 356. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0356-2