In this podcast we bring you and interview with Dr. Ned Patterson, a member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.  Funded by the AKC Canine Health Foundation for a variety of genetic disorders and epilepsy, Dr. Patterson’s research interests include epilepsy, comparative medicine, genetics and molecular medicine.

Dr. Patterson discusses his research on a treatment for epliepsy in dogs.  He also covers another of his research projects funded by the AKC Canine Health Foundation, urinary stones composed of calcium oxalate.  These stones can be a problem for any dog, but are far more problematic in Miniature Schnauzers.

In this podcast we bring you an interview with Dr. Kate Tsai, post doctoral fellow at Clemson University.  Dr. Tsai has received funding from the AKC Canine Health Foundation to study exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and megaesophagus in the German Shepherd Dog.  These diseases have also been found is several other breeds and mix-breed dogs.  She discusses the symptoms of these diseases, what is known about their causes and her research.