Mark Lowrie

MA VetMB, MVM, Dipl. ECVN, MRCVS

Dovecote Veterinary Hospital, Castle Donington, UK

D^r Lowrie qualified from the University of Cambridge and is an RCVS and European specialist in veterinary neurology. He has a Master’s degree on steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis in dogs and has particular interest in involuntary muscle contractions, reflex epilepsy, inflammatory central nervous system disease and feline neurology. He is currently actively researching paroxysmal gluten-sensitive dyskinesia in the Border Terrier and would be pleased to hear from any veterinarian with a suspected case.

Contribution

Paroxysmal gluten-sensitive dyskinesia in Border Terriers

Certain dog breeds are recognized as being prone to certain diseases, and many are well-known in the veterinary world. Here Mark Lowrie describes an unusual condition that has been recently reported in Border Terriers with an unknown etiology but which appears to respond to a gluten-free diet.