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Table 1 Distribution of factors related to 49 DanishGroenendael and Tervueren dogs diagnosed as epilepsy-positive in a study including 519 dogs.

From: Prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in the Belgian shepherd variants Groenendael and Tervueren born in Denmark 1995–2004

Factor

No. (%)

Sex

 

   Female

31 (63.3)

   Male

18 (36.7)

Variant

 

   Groenendael

25 (51.0)

   Tervueren

24 (49.0)

Diagnosed by practicing veterinarian

 

   Yes

35 (71.4)

   No

14 (28.6)

Type of seizure

 

   Focal seizures alone

12 (24.5)

   Focal seizure with sec. generalization

26 (53.1)

   Primary generalized seizures

9 (18.4)

   Unclassifiable seizures

2 (4.1)

Cause of death1

 

   Epilepsy

8 (53.3)

   Other causes

7 (46.7)

Neutering status2

 

   Neutered

13 (27.1)

   Intact

35 (72.9)

  1. 1Only calculated for the 15 dogs that had died.
  2. 2One missing value for this variable.