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Suggested Books and Web Sites

Here are some books that might be useful resources for those wanting
to learn more about canine epilepsy, and treatment approaches:

* Problems in Small Animal Neurology (Cheryl L. Chrisman, DVM)
* Management of epilepsy in dogs. (Croft)
* Clinical Neurology (Aminoff, Greenberg, Simon)
* Four Paws Five Directions (Cheryl Schwartz, DVM)
* Canine Acupressure: A treatment workbook (Nancy Zidonis and
Marie Soderberg)
* "The Well Connected Dog: A Guide to Canine Acupressure"
(Amy Snow and Nanct Zidonis)
* Diane Stein's books: "The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs and
Cats", and "Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats", and "The Holistic Puppy"
* "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and
Cats" (Richard Pitcairn DVM and Susan Hubble Pitcairn)
* Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles
and Practice (edited by Allen M Schoen DVM and Susan G Wynn DVM)
* Wendy Volhard and Kerry Brown's "The Holistic Guide for a
Healthy Dog"
* "The Nature of Animal Healing" (Martin Goldstein, DVM)
* "Treating Animal Illnesses and Emotional States with Flower
Essence Remedies" (Jessica Bear and Tricia Lewis)
* Allen Schoen and Pam Proctor: "Love, Miracles, and Animal
Healing"
* Wendell O Belfield and Martin Zucker:"How to have a healthier
dog"
* Balch and Balch: "Prescription for Nutritional Healing"
* Kirschmann and Kirschmann: "Nutrition Almanac"
* Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements (Murray)
* "The Merck Veterinary Manual"
* "The dog owners home veterinary handbook" (Carlson and Giffin)
* "Just what the doctor ordered" (Foster and Smith)
* Veterinary Acupuncture (Schoen)
* Veterinary Acupuncture (Klide and Kung)
* Physician's Desk Reference
* The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult (Larry R. Tilley and Francis W.K
Smith, Jr)
* The Natural Dog (Mary L Brennan, DVM)
* The Holistic Veterinary Handbook (Willam G Winter DVM)
* The Manual of Natural Therapy (Olshevsky, Noy, Zwang, Burger)
* Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide (Compiled by the
Burton Goldberg Group)
* Clinical Nutrition of The Dog and Cat (Simpson, Anderson,
Markwell)
* The Natural Way: Epilepsy (Fiona Marshall)
* Natural Dog Care (Celeste Yarnall, PHd)
* The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care (CJ Puotinen)
* "The Pill Book Guide for Medication For Your Dog and Cat"
(Published by Bantam Books)
* "Anti-Aging for Dogs" (They do have a section on epilepsy)
(John M. Simon, DVM with Steve Duno)
* “Treating Animal Illnesses & Emotional States with Flower Essence Remedies” (Jessica Bear, and Tricia Lewis)
* Veterinary Drug Handbook” (Donald C. Plumb)




Here are some web sites that might be of interest.

This is an excellent website. It has information
on seizures and other neurological disorders, and discusses
both traditional treatments and diet, vitamin supplementation,
etc. Lots of information, written by neurologists, rather than
a lay person.
Here is the URL: http://neuro.vetmed.ufl.edu

Dr. Podell's web site:
http://www.med.ohio-state.edu/Neuro/faculty/Podell.html
http://www.vet.ohio-state.edu/docs/seizure/index.html

This web site might be useful:
http://www.upei.ca/~diagserv/endo.htm
It's a lab's web site, and talks about testing, including
testing phenobarbitol levels.

Anti-epilepsy medications:
http://ontario.epilepsy.org/meds/index.html
http://tempus.simplenet.com/fortress/egoboo/epilepsy.html
http://www.erg.ion.ucl.ac.uk/NSEhome/newther.html
http://www.parentzone.com/health/med4.html
http://pharminfo.com/cgi-bin/print_hit_bold.pl/pubs/msb/foc_seiz.html

Information on bromide treatment/testing (Texas A&M Clinical
Pharmacology Lab):
http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/vcpl/

Medications, links to pages on treatment of status,
"when and how long to treat", Merck Manual, etc.
http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/epilepsy/meds.html

This might be a good web site, with
lots of links: http://members.tripod.com/~afis/medical.html
Canine Health-Page:
canine health, animal, animal health, healthy animal, healthy food,
medicine, holistic care, homeopathy, Bach Flower remedies, commercial
kibble,home cooking for your dog, acupuncture....

And, several related to epilepsy:
http://www.altvetmed.com/epilepsy.html
http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/medical/epilepsy.html
http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/jiminma/epilepsy.html
HTTP://www.clever.net/igca/seizure.html
HTTP://www.clever.net/igca/causesez.html
http://www.rt66.com/~dalcrazy/epilepsy.html
http://www.rt66.com/~dalcrazy/Emma's Page.html
http://www.dalmatians.com/dca/seizure1.htm
http://www.dallas.net/~jimhus/canine_epilepsy.html

Nutritional Supplements:
http://www.vitawise.com/Nutritional_Healing/epilepsy.htm

And:
Mostly information unrelated to epilepsy, but helpful links
to many sites and lots of canine health information:
"HomeVet(TM) Natural Pet Care"
http://www.homevet.com
Supplement information:
http://www.homevet.com/supps.html


http://www.altvetmed.com/toc.html
various practioners of alternative veterinary medicine

http://neuro.vetmed.ufl.edu includes diet and supplement
recommendations

http://members.tripod.com/~afis/medical.html
canine health page dealing with holistic care, homeopathy, etc.

http://www.medicinegarden.com/pets/
pet corner of the medicine garden

http://www.iwc.net/~careygsd/health.htm
holistic pet care health page

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1158/ANIMALS.HTM
holistic veterinary and optimum pet nutrition

http://www.belfield.com/home.html
your animals health - Wendell Belfield D.V.M. online

http://www.crystalmaster.com/pstones.htm
ancient healing stones and pet crystals

http://www.vitalenergy.com/issseem
use of magnets

http://www.homevet.com Natural Pet Care

http://www.homevet.com/supps.html Supplements

http://www.babb.com/ep1.htm
It has dietary and supplemental tips for adults (humans) with epilepsy,
and has other epilepsy related links.

Veterinary Acupuncture page:
http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/veter.htm

Another veterinary acupuncture page:
http://www.altvetmed.com/acupunct.html

http://www.msnbc.com/news/185564.asp
Article on veterinary acupuncture

Acupuncture (for humans):
http://www.acupuncture.com/

http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/hels/helsfram.html

http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/webjour.htm
(Include veterinary acupuncture, electromagnetic field therapies, and
lots of other articles)

http://www.qi-journal.com/

http://www.qi-journal.com/extralinks.html (lots of links to other
acupuncture sites)

http://galen.med.virginia.edu/~pjb3s/Acupuncture.html
(lots and lots of acupuncture links!)

Nutrition and Epilepsy: (for humans)
http://www.vitawise.com/Nutritional_Healing/epilepsy.htm

Nutritional approaches to treating hypothyroidism:
http://www.vitawise.com/Nutritional_Healing/hypothyroid.htm

Homeopathy: (for humans)

http://www.simillibus.com Will Taylor

http://www.dimensional.com/~stevew Steve & Aviva Waldenstein

http://www.ioa.com/home/davehart/little.htm David Little

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/7776/ Erika North Price

http://www.cambr.force9.co.uk Jon Haworth (MANY links)

http://www.healthy.net/library/journals/resonance/index.html IHF
Journal

http://www.lyghtforce.com/HomeopathyOnline/ The e-zine of the
Homeopathy@lyghtforce.com email list.

http://www.healthy.net/library/journals/simillimum/
Simillimum, Journal of Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians

TO JOIN A CANINE EPILEPSY EMAIL LIST, PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION AT THIS WEB SITE:
http://www.schips-r-it.com/k9epi.html
** You can click on the link to Pua's Web Page to access this web site, also.

To contact me, please email me at:
kurvenal@ameritech.net

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