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Behavioral Interventions as an Adjunctive Treatment for Canine Epilepsy: A Missing Part of the Epilepsy Management Toolkit?
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Packer, R. M. A., Hobbs, S. L., & Blackwell, E. J. (in press). Behavioral Interventions as an Adjunctive Treatment for Canine Epilepsy: A Missing Part of the Epilepsy Management Toolkit?. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00003

Epilepsy is a common, complex and often challenging neurological disorder to treat in the dog, with 20–30% of dogs resistant to conventional medical therapies, and associated with cognitive and behavioral comorbidities and early death. Behavioral int... Read More about Behavioral Interventions as an Adjunctive Treatment for Canine Epilepsy: A Missing Part of the Epilepsy Management Toolkit?.

Epilepsy beyond seizures: a review of the impact of epilepsy and its comorbidities on health-related quality of life in dogs
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Packer, R. M. A., & Volk, H. A. (in press). Epilepsy beyond seizures: a review of the impact of epilepsy and its comorbidities on health-related quality of life in dogs. Veterinary Record, 177(12), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103360

Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological conditions in the dog, estimated to affect 0.6 to 0.75 per cent of dogs. Owners of dogs with epilepsy have previously indicated that their dog's quality of life (QoL) is of greatest importance t... Read More about Epilepsy beyond seizures: a review of the impact of epilepsy and its comorbidities on health-related quality of life in dogs.

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.

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.

An exploratory study using a statistical approach as a platform for clinical reasoning in canine epilepsy
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Armasu, M., Packer, R. M. A., Cook, S., Solcan, G., & Volk, H. A. (in press). An exploratory study using a statistical approach as a platform for clinical reasoning in canine epilepsy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.08.008

Links between deficits identified on neurological examination, age of seizure onset and the presence of structural forebrain disease have often been postulated in dogs presenting with a history of seizures. The purpose of this study was to assess the... Read More about An exploratory study using a statistical approach as a platform for clinical reasoning in canine epilepsy.

Moving from information and collaboration to action: report from the 3rd International Dog Health Workshop, Paris in April 2017
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O'Neill, D. G., Keijser, S. F. A., Hedhammar, Å., Kisko, C., Leroy, G., Llewellyn-Zaidi, A. M., Malm, S., Olson, P. N., Packer, R. M. A., Rousselot, J. F., Seath, I. J., Stull, J. W., & Bonnett, B. N. (in press). Moving from information and collaboration to action: report from the 3rd International Dog Health Workshop, Paris in April 2017. Canine Genetics and Epidemiology, 4(16), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40575-017-0054-4

Clinical Risk Factors Associated with Anti-Epileptic Drug Responsiveness in Canine Epilepsy
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Packer, R. M. A., Shihab, N. K., Torres, B. B. J., & Volk, H. A. (in press). Clinical Risk Factors Associated with Anti-Epileptic Drug Responsiveness in Canine Epilepsy. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e106026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106026

The nature and occurrence of remission, and conversely, pharmacoresistance following epilepsy treatment is still not fully understood in human or veterinary medicine. As such, predicting which patients will have good or poor treatment outcomes is imp... Read More about Clinical Risk Factors Associated with Anti-Epileptic Drug Responsiveness in Canine Epilepsy.

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