A group of neurological disorders marked by seizures caused by sudden, abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain, which can begin and end abruptly and last from seconds to minutes. In dogs the condition is often genetic, while it is rarer and less clearly hereditary in cats and other pets.
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ICD-10 ChapterVI: Diseases of the Nervous System 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the nervous system
2. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
3. Wikipedia: Epilepsy in animals
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Canine epilepsy is often genetic, but epilepsy in cats and other pets is rarer, likely because there is no hereditary component to epilepsy in these animals.
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