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Current Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Approaches for Therapy of Feline and Canine Dementia

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Canine and Feline Dementia

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Treatment options for cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) could target prevention, slowing decline and improving clinical signs. However, while prompt diagnosis and early initiation of treatment have the greatest potential for success, most owners do not report signs until they are significantly advanced and veterinarians fail to educate owners about the importance of early reporting. Both laboratory trials in beagle dogs and cats using neuropsychological assessment tools to assess learning and memory as well as clinical trials and in some cases both have been used to assess effect of therapeutics.

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    Sagi Denenberg

  2. North Toronto Veterinary Behaviour Specialty Clinic, Thornhill, ON, Canada

    Gary Landsberg

  3. CanCog Technologies, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  3. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Neuroimmunology, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Denenberg, S., Landsberg, G. (2017). Current Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Approaches for Therapy of Feline and Canine Dementia. In: Landsberg, G., Maďari, A., Žilka, N. (eds) Canine and Feline Dementia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53219-6_8

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