Retrospective study evaluated seizure types in 254 dogs, highlighting associations with morbidity and mortality.
Key Points
Seizure types included cluster seizures in 47.2% and status epilepticus in 26.0%, showing notable distribution among cases.
Inflammatory brain disease significantly linked to status epilepticus, with a euthanasia rate of 29.2% in affected dogs.
Canine epilepsy cases progress from generalized seizures to cluster seizures and status epilepticus in 44.5% and 24.6% respectively.
MRI findings indicated lesions in 46.5% of dogs; status epilepticus correlated with inflammatory changes while generalized seizures were often linked to neoplastic cases.