Degenerative

Question 1

Example / layman’s terms

Answer 1

• cognitive dysfunction
• doggy dementia

Question 2

Signalment & potential cause

Answer 2

• age related cognitive dysfunction
• often seen to be advanced and earlier onset in some pts
• thought to potentially be a natural ageing change in dogs

Question 3

Diagnosis

Answer 3

• can see evidence for brain atrophy in some dogs on MRI
• but primarily a diagnosis of exclusion

Question 4

treatment

Answer 4

• selegeline (monoamine oxidase B inhibitor)
• dietary supplementary: Hills B/D, Aktivait