I am a veterinarian breeding Tervueren and Groenendael, and I have a very profound research interest in the subject: Epilepsy in the Belgian Shepherds. My biggest wish and goal is to find a way of preventing the many cases of epilepsy among our dogs. At the moment I am doing a PhD-study for three years trying to throw light on the prevalence of epilepsy in the Belgian Shepherd. I am working with hereditary epilepsy with focus on the Groenendael and the Tervueren. The first article has already been published in 2009 and no. 2 is almost there too.

This list is a way of trying to share information among breeders and owner of the Belgian Shepherds. It is not an expression of my scientific research. The homepage now contains a list on which all Belgian Shepherds with epilepsy can be registered. You can do so by sending information about the epileptic dog to Christina Gulløv, Lars Petersvej 22, 4573 Højby, Denmark, gulloev@mail.dk  or by entering the dog online via this homepage: www.belgian-epilepsy.dk Note that you have to be the owner or the breeder of the dog to enter it and that you have to enclose all necessary information about the dog and ownership. It must always be possible to identify the owner/breeder by a personal e-mail or phone number. This to ensure that only correct infomration will be put on the homepage. You can see which information that is necessary on the above mentioned homepage. By entering the dog you accept that the homepage shows the full name of the dog and it´s pedigree on the list of epileptic dogs. The webmaster will store all information and may eventually let them be a part of a research project.

I really hope that a lot of people will help us start and maintain this registration project. I would love to recieve information about Danish and Foreign dogs. All owners –  Danish/foreign – are hereby asked to enter dogs – the only requirement is that the dog has an FCI pedigree or a pedigree from a club co-operating with the FCI.

So much thanks to all the people who have supported this project - you make the work worth while. 

On Behalf of The International Epilepsy Registry

Christina Hedal Gulløv