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Preventive and Risk Factors of Canine Dementia

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Canine and Feline Dementia

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Canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system. The population of senior and geriatric dogs (i.e., canines aged over 7 years) is estimated to be more than 30 million in the USA and over 15 million in Europe. As aging is the main risk factor of canine CDS, aged dogs represent a sizeable population with a great risk of developing CDS. The identification of risk and protective factors for canine dementia is important for further preventive strategies or treatment of the disease.

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The work was funded by APVV-15-0613 and APVV-14-0872 and VEGA grant 2/0164/16.

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  1. University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenskeho 73, Kosice, Slovakia

    Aladár Mad’ari & Jana Farbakova

  2. Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska 9, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Norbert Žilka

  3. Institute of Neuroimmunology n.o., Dvorakovo nabrezie 45, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Norbert Žilka

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  1. North Toronto Veterinary Behaviour, Specialty Clinic, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

    Gary Landsberg

  2. Univ of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Small Animal Clinic, Košice, Slovakia

    Aladár Maďari

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

    Norbert Žilka

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Mad’ari, A., Farbakova, J., Žilka, N. (2017). Preventive and Risk Factors of 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_9

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