CCD, or Canine Cognitive Decline, is similar to Alzheimer's in humans but far less researched.
Published: Feb. 22, 2024 at 9:04 AM AKSTFAIRBANKS, Alaska - Much like many humans experience symptoms of Alzheimer’s-related mental decline in their elder years, many senior dogs start to display Canine Cognitive Dysfunction .
“As a veterinarian I’ve seen a lot of dogs go from birth all the way through their life and its really sad to see them decline,” Pietsch said, “and right now our tools to manage it are fairly limited.” “We see loss of brain volume, we see loss of nerve cells in the brain,” Pietsch explained. “They start to build up analoid plaques just like people and get progressive dysfunction.”
“You might get a number between 10 and 80 percent, depending on whom you ask,” he said about the estimated number of dogs with CCD, adding that CCD is far less researched than human Alzheimer’s.
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