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

Volk, Holger A.

doi:10.1186/s12917-015-0460-3

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“…4 Cats with seizures represent an important and challenging presentation for the general veterinarian, and these conditions have the potential to cause great concern and emotional distress for owners. 5 Recurrent seizure disorders (RSD) including epilepsy have been the topic of extensive veterinary research in companion animal species over the last 75 years, but almost exclusively based on caseloads from referral populations and teaching hospitals. However, the reliability of generalization from these secondary and tertiary care subsets to the wider cat population has been questioned.…”

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“…16,19 The International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF) addressed these issues for dogs, but not for cats. 5 Fluidity of these definitions has led some authors to adopt the term "epilepsy of unknown cause" to describe RSD with a clinically unremarkable diagnostic evaluation, with the aim of maintaining a neutral stance on whether these disorders are truly "idiopathic" or if the diagnostic techniques available in veterinary medicine are currently unable to elucidate the etiology. 20 Although concise definitions that can be universally agreed on undoubtedly will aid future research efforts by use of precise terms to differentiate specific etiologies, overzealous definitions should not detract from insight that is currently available through more generalized use.…”

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Epidemiology of recurrent seizure disorders and epilepsy in cats under primary veterinary care in the United Kingdom

O'Neill

Phillipps

Egan

et al. 2020

Veterinary Internal Medicne

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Background: Little epidemiological evaluation of recurrent seizure disorders in cats currently exists in veterinary literature. Objectives: To report the prevalence and risk factors for recurrent seizure disorders (RSD) and epilepsy in cats presented to primary care veterinary practices in the United Kingdom (UK). Animals: A total of 285 547 cats under veterinary care during 2013 presenting to 282 primary care clinics in the UK. Methods: Cohort study using multivariable logistic regression modeling for risk factor analysis. Results: There were 458 confirmed RSD cases, giving a 1-year period prevalence of 0.16% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.15-0.18). A subset of 114 (24.89%) cases was recorded as having epilepsy, giving a 1-year period prevalence of 0.04% (95% CI, 0.03-0.5). Increasing age was significantly associated with increasing odds of RSD. Breed, sex, neuter status, and body weight were not associated with RSD. Epilepsy was most frequently diagnosed in adult to middle-aged cats. Cats aged 3.0 to <6.0 years had 3.32 times higher odds of epilepsy diagnosis compared to cats <3.0 years of age. Insured cats were more likely to be diagnosed with epilepsy compared to noninsured cats. Conclusions and Clinical Importance: Although less common than in dogs, RSD and epilepsy still comprise an important disorder group in the UK cat population. Aging is a significant risk factor for these disorders in cats.

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Epidemiology of recurrent seizure disorders and epilepsy in cats under primary veterinary care in the United Kingdom

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Phillipps

Egan

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Veterinary Internal Medicne

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“…Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disease in dogs (3). A strong genetic background is suspected in many dog breeds with a high prevalence (4) and several genes have been discovered in both symptomatic and idiopathic epilepsy.…”

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Generalized myoclonic epilepsy with photosensitivity in juvenile dogs caused by a defective DIRAS family GTPase 1

Wielaender

Sarviaho

James

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The clinical and electroencephalographic features of a canine generalized myoclonic epilepsy with photosensitivity and onset in young Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs (6 wk to 18 mo) are described. A fully penetrant recessive 4-bp deletion was identified in the DIRAS family GTPase 1 (DIRAS1) gene with an altered expression pattern of DIRAS1 protein in the affected brain. This neuronal DIRAS1 gene with a proposed role in cholinergic transmission provides not only a candidate for human myoclonic epilepsy but also insights into the disease etiology, while establishing a spontaneous model for future intervention studies and functional characterization.seizure | juvenile | canine | photosensitivity | Ras

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“…O primeiro passo é estabilizar o paciente e administrar fluidoterapia e oxigenoterapia, com glucose a 5% (5 a 20ml/kg) por via IV e manitol a 20% (1 a 2g/kg) por via IV para poder reduzir o edema cerebral, e vitamina B (SC). Além disso, é importante lembrar que não se deve administrar medicamentos por via oral, uma vez que a deglutição desses animais está afetada (NELSON e COUTO, 2015;BASTOS, 2009; GARCÍA e FERNANDÉZ, 2017).…”

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“…Concomitantemente, os cães com Epilepsia Idiopática Canina possuem menor expectativa de vida e uma maior chance de desenvolverem alterações neurocomportamentais (VOLK, 2015). Entretanto, devido a precariedade dos métodos de imagem avançada pouco difundidos na medicina veterinária, poucos casos são diagnosticados definitivamente como sendo Epilepsia Idiopática Canina (PRESADO, 2018).…”

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Epilepsia Idiopática Em Cães: Aspectos Terapêuticos/Idiopathic Epilepsy in Dogs: Therapeutic Aspects

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Júnior

Moreira

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RESUMO Convulsões são manifestações da hiperatividade neuronal do córtex cerebral, já a epilepsia é caracterizada pela ocorrência de convulsões e alterações paroxísticas temporais, normalmente recorrentes, sendo que a epilepsia idiopática, causada por problemas hereditários, é aquela que não possui uma causa aparente. Quando as crises epilépticas acontecem duas ou mais vezes agrupadas em um período de 24 horas e o animal recobre a consciência, denomina-se "cluster", porém se as crises durarem mais que cinco minutos e esse animal não recobrar a consciência, podemos considerar que o animal está no "status epilepticus". Baseada nessa classificação, esse trabalho propõe uma revisão bibliográfica sobre os aspectos terapêuticos da Epilepsia Idiopática Canina,

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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

Cited by 16 publications

References 15 publications

Epidemiology of recurrent seizure disorders and epilepsy in cats under primary veterinary care in the United Kingdom

Epidemiology of recurrent seizure disorders and epilepsy in cats under primary veterinary care in the United Kingdom

Generalized myoclonic epilepsy with photosensitivity in juvenile dogs caused by a defective DIRAS family GTPase 1

Epilepsia Idiopática Em Cães: Aspectos Terapêuticos/Idiopathic Epilepsy in Dogs: Therapeutic Aspects

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