Table 1.

Characterization of the study population including dogs with idiopathic epilepsy and epilepsy associated with a known intracranial cause

	Idiopathic Epilepsy		Epilepsy Associated with a Known Intracranial Cause
	n	%	n	%
Overall (total population of 102 dogs)	78	76	24	24
Alive at follow‐up	20	26	1	4
Dead at follow‐up	58	74	23	96
Sex and neutering status
Male	62	79	20	83
Intact	38	61	15	75
Neutered	24	39	5	25
Female	16	21	4	17
Intact	8	50	3	75
Neutered	8	50	1	25
Seizure type
Focal	15	19	7	29
Focal with secondary generalization	49	63	17	71
Primary generalized	11	14	0	0
Unclassified	3	4	0	0
Antiepileptic treatment	70	90	17	71
Monotherapy	41	59	14	82
Two antiepileptic drugs	28	40	3	18
More than two drugs	1	1	0	0
Acute seizures	61	78	24	100
Cluster seizures	47	77	18	75
Status epilepticus	14	23	6	25
Remission	10	13
Spontaneously	4	40	0	0
Upon treatment	6	60	0	0
Death/Euthanasia	58	74	23	96
Motivated by epilepsy	30	52	19a	83
Other causes	28	48	4	17

^a6/19 dogs were euthanized because of a grave prognosis caused by the primary intracranial pathology.