Stephen Lane, DVM, Neurology and Neurosurgery Specialist at the Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Hospital in Englewood, CO, describes the features of epilepsy in animals and its management. Most of what we know about epilepsy in animals is extrapolated from research in humans.

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