Prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in the Belgian shepherd variants Groenendael and Tervueren born in Denmark 1995-2004

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Berendt, Mette ^a   Gulløv, Christina Hedal ^a   Christensen, Stine Louise Krogh ^a   Gudmundsdottir, Hulda ^a   Gredal, Hanne ^a   Fredholm, Merete ^a   Alban, Lis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Meat Association   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DENMARK; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59149087550     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-50-51     Document Type: Article

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