Figure 1. A transverse MRI image of a canine brain showing pre- and post-contrast administration with gadolinium (Dotarem, Guerbet). The contrast images, on the right, shows enhancement in areas of the brain with neoplastic or inflammatory processes.

Nursing the seizure patient

Seizure is a broad term, but in veterinary medicine most commonly refers to a clinical manifestation of excessive hyperexcitability in the cerebral cortex (Meland and Carrera-Justiz, 2018). This...

How to manage seizures

In spite of the underlying cause of the seizure activity, consent to treat the patient must be obtained from the owner along with a thorough clinical history.