Schmidt, Teresa
Meller, Sebastian
Meyerhoff, Nina
Twele, Friederike
Zanghi, Brian
Volk, Holger Andreas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-638X
Article History
Received: 21 September 2022
Accepted: 16 February 2023
First Online: 3 March 2023
Declarations
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: For ethical approval, an animal test certificate for the study protocol and design was granted by the Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit [LAVES], Oldenburg, Germany; approval number 33.8–42502-05-19A469). All owners of the participating dogs will receive a detailed information sheet and prior to enrolment must give written consent to participate in the study and for the dog to be videorecorded. In addition, they agree to comply with all the requirements of the study. At the end of the study, the privately owned dogs will remain with their owners. The conventional treatment of canine idiopathic epilepsy will be continued either by the referring vet or in the neurological consultation-hour at the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.
: Not applicable.
: BZ was employed by company Nestlé Purina PetCare®. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.