Efficacy evaluation of a commercially available MCT enriched therapeutic diet on dogs with idiopathic epilepsy treated with zonisamide: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover dietary preliminary study

Abstract Background Idiopathic epilepsy (IE) is a common, chronic brain dysfunction in dogs. Recently, the effect of feeding a diet enriched with medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) on seizure frequency has been evaluated in several studies in dogs with IE. However, most dogs with IE in previous studi...

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Main Authors: Kazumasa Nakatsuka, Brian Zanghi, Daisuke Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-023-03710-4