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Companion Animal Epilepsy Research Lab Publishes Results of Study on Idiopathic Epilepsy & Sleep in Dogs

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Big News! Remember the call-out for the need of a male Siberian Husky for a sleep study for dogs with epilepsy I shared last July? Well, the results are in!  "An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between Idiopathic Epilepsy and Sleep in Dogs" led by Dr. Alejandro Mondino, Dr. Karen Muñana, and Julie Nettifee, RVT, MS, VTS from The Companion Animal Epilepsy Research Lab at North Carolina State University-College of Veterinary Medicine has now been published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine . The study consisted of 64 dogs with idiopathic epilepsy (Epi-dogs) and 64 non-epis.   This study was NOT just for Siberian Huskies. It included a wide range of dogs as epilepsy can happen to many breeds and mixed breeds across the globe. at According to the Study, " The breed distribution for both groups included 17 mixed breed dogs, 15 herding dogs, 11 working dogs, 10 sporting dogs, 4 toy dogs, 3 hound dogs, 2 non-sporting dogs, and 2 terrier dogs. In the epi...