Epilepsy in Irish Wolfhounds

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-135

  Casal, Margret L ^a   Munuve, Richard M ^a   Janis, M Anne ^b   Werner, Petra ^a   Henthorn, Paula S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Irish Wolfhound Seizure Study Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Genetic; Medicine autosomal recessive; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIGREE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 32344436876     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[131:EIIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Cunningham JG, Farnbach GC. Inheritance and idiopathic canine epilepsy. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1988;24:421-424.
2. Hall SJG, Wallace ME. Canine epilepsy: a genetic counseling programme for keeshonds. Vet Rec 1996;138:358-360.
3. Bielfelt SW, Redman HC, McClellan RO. Sire and sex-related differences in rates of epileptiform seizures in a purebred beagle dog colony. Am J Vet Res 1971;32:2039-2048.
4. Edmonds HL, Hegreberg GA, van Gelder NM, Sylvester DM, Clemmons RM, Chatburn CG. Spontaneous convulsions in beagle dogs. Fed Proc 1979;38:2424-2428.
5. Jaggy A, Faissler D, Gaillard C, Srenk P, Graber H. Genetic aspects of idiopathic epilepsy in Labrador retrievers. J Small Anim Pract 1998;39:275-280.
6. Kathmann I, Jaggy A, Busato A, Bartschi M, Gaillard C. Clinical and genetic investigations of idiopathic epilepsy in the Bernese mountain dog. J Small Anim Pract 1999;40:319-325.
7. Oberbauer AM, Grossman DI, Irion DN, Schaffer AL, Eggleston ML, Famula TR. The genetics of epilepsy in the Belgian tervuren and sheepdog. J Hered 2003;94:57-63.
8. Srenk P, Jaggy A, Gaillard C, Busato A, Horin P. Genetic basis of idiopathic epilepsy in the golden retriever. Tierarztl Prax 1994;22:574-578.
9. Davie AH. The singles method for segregation analysis under incomplete ascertainment. Ann Hum Genet 1979;42:507.
10. Nicholas FW. Is it inherited? In: Veterinary Genetics. Oxford: Claredon Press; 1987:217-231.
11. Bernardi G. Longevity and morbidity in the Irish wolfhound in the United States from 1966-1986. AKC Gazette 1986; 105:70-78.
12. Croft PG, Stockman MJR. Inherited defects in dogs. Vet Rec 1964;76:260-261.
13. Croft PG. Fits in dogs: A survey of 260 cases. Vet Rec 1965;77:438-445.
14. Van der Velden NA. Fits in Tervueren Shepherd dogs: A presumed hereditary trait. J Small Anim Pract 1968;9:63-70.
15. Holliday TA, Cunningham JG, Gutnick MJ. Comparative clinical and electroencephalographic studies of canine epilepsy. Epilepsia 1970;11:281-292.
16. Martinek Z, Horak F. Spontanepilepsie bei Hunden: Langzeituntersuchungen an einer Gruppe genetisch verwandter Tiere. Zbl Vet Med A 1977;24:353-371.
17. Lawler DC. Epilepsy in dogs [letter]. N Z Vet J 1970;18:53.
18. Falco MJ, Barker J, Wallace ME. The genetics of epilepsy in the British Alsatian. J Small Anim Pract 1974;15:685-692.
19. Wallace ME. Keeshonds: A genetic study of epilepsy and EEG readings. J Small Anim Pract 1975;16:1-10.
20. Famula TR, Oberbauer AM. Reducing the incidence of epileptic seizures in the Belgian Tervuren through selection. Prev Vet Med 1998;33:251-259.
21. Famula TR, Oberbauer AM, Brown KN. Heritability of epileptic seizures in the Belgian tervueren. J Small Anim Pract 1997;38:349-352.
22. Famula TR, Oberbauer AM. Segregation analysis of epilepsy in the Belgian tervueren dog. Vet Rec 2000;147:218-221.
23. Podell M, Fenner WR, Powers JD. Seizure classification in dogs from a nonreferral-based population. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1995;206:1721-1728.
24. Raw M-E, Gaskell CJ. A review of one hundred cases of presumed canine epilepsy. J Small Anim Pract 1985;26:645-652.
25. Berendt M, Gredal H, Pedersen LG, Alban L, Alving J. A cross-sectional study of epilepsy in the Danish Labrador retrievers: Prevalence and selected risk factors. J Vet Int Med 2002;16:262-268.
26. Meisler MH, Kearney J, Ottman R, Escayg A. Identification of epilepsy genes in human and mouse. Ann Rev Genet 2001;35:567-588.
27. Scheffer IE, Berkovic SF. The genetics of human epilepsy. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2003;24:428-433.
28. Scheel H, Tomiuk S, Hofmann K. A common protein interaction domain links two recently identified epilepsy genes. Hum Mol Genet 2002;11:1757-1762.
29. Lohi H, Young EJ, Fitzmaurice SN, et al. Expanded repeat in canine epilepsy. Science 2005;307:81.
30. Serratosa JM, Gomez-Garre P, Gallardo ME, et al. A novel protein tyrosine phosphatase gene is mutated in progressive myoclonus epilepsy of the Lafora type (EPM2). Hum Mol Genet 1999;8:345-352.
31. Sander T, Schulz H, Saar K, et al. Genome search for susceptibility loci of common idiopathic generalised epilepsies. Hum Mol Genet 2000;9:1465-1472.
32. Durner M, Keddache MA, Tomasini L, et al. Genome scan of idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Evidence for major susceptibility gene and modifying genes influencing the seizure type. Ann Neurol 2001;49:328-335.