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Dogs and Cats in Their Dotage

Do aged pets get their own type of Alzheimer’s, and will a new drug help them?

Veterinarians debate whether drugs might help old dogs and cats that get disoriented and forgetful.

 

References:

Bruyette, D. 1998. Cognitive dysfunction in dogs. Meeting of the American Animal Hospital Association. March. Chicago.

Landsberg, G.M. 1998. Behavior problems of older cats. Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association. July. Baltimore.

Ruehl, W., B. Hart, et al. 1998. L-deprenyl therapy for geriatric dogs with cognitive dysfunction. Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. May. San Diego.

 

Further Readings:

Cummings, B.J., et al. 1996. The canine as an animal model of human aging and dementia. Neurobiology of Aging 17:259.

Ruehl, W.W., and B.L. Hart. 1998. Canine cognitive dysfunction. In Psychopharmacology of Animal Behavior Disorders, N. Dodman and L. Shuster, eds. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science.

Walker, L.C. 1997. Animal models of cerebral beta-amyloid angiopathy. Brain Research Review 25(Sept. 30):70.

 

Sources:

David S. Bruyette
VCA/West Los Angeles Veterinary Medical Group
West Los Angeles, CA 90025

Nicholas H. Dodman
Tufts University
Department of Clinical Sciences
Small Animal Hospital
North Grafton, MA 01536

Katherine A. Houpt
Cornell University
Animal Behavior Clinic
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, N.Y. 14850

Gary M. Landsberg
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
Doncaster Animal Clinic
Thornhill, Ontario
Canada

William R. Ruehl
Deprenyl Animal Health, Inc.
7101 College Boulevard, Suite 580
Overland Park, KS 66210

Lary C. Walker
Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research
Division of Warner-Lambert
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 16, October 17, 1998, p. 252.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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