They are on the cusp of finding answers and hopefully a dna marker in dogs. If you are not aware, the Barbet has epilepsy in the breed. Not many, but still it’s a roulette and often pops up when you least expect it. Breeders are trying their best to make educated guesses in breeding smart pairs, but until there is a test that shows if a dog is a carrier no one can assume anything. Epilepsy can also be caused by a puppy not getting enough air at birth, bonking it’s head, environmental triggers, etc it’s such a unknown disease. Here’s hoping that science will find something!
For the full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4149179.stm
