Canine Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome

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The Canine epileptoid Cramping Syndrome (CECS, Syn. Spike's disease ) is a neurological disease in domestic dogs , which especially at Border Terrier occurs. The CECS is assigned to the paroxysmal nonkinesigen dyskinesias . The exact cause is not known, but there is some evidence that it is a specific form of gluten intolerance .

Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

The disease is characterized by seizures similar to epilepsy , which usually appear for the first time at an age of less than three years, but can appear at an age of 6 weeks or 7 years. These seizures can occur in both the skeletal muscles and the intestines. The seizures last between a few seconds and two hours, the consciousness remains unclouded. The animals appear perfectly healthy between attacks.

The distinction from epilepsy is only possible through an EEG during an attack. The race, the preserving consciousness, the lack of vegetative symptoms such as salivation and urination and the lack of response to the classic anti-epileptic drugs , however, give sufficient suspicion of the presence of a CECS. Treatment is not possible. One study showed a subjectively perceived reduction in the frequency of seizures after the administration of a gluten- free food.

literature

  • Konrad Jurina and Viola Melchers: Seizures in the Border Terrier. In: The practical veterinarian 96, 2015, No. 11, p. 974.
  • M. Lowrie et al .: The Clinical and Serological Effect of a Gluten-Free Diet in Border Terriers with Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome. In: Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Volume 29, number 6, 2015 Nov-Dec, pp. 1564-1568, doi : 10.1111 / jvim.13643 , PMID 26500168 .