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In this episode, Dr. Katrin Jahn discusses the 2026 guidelines for diagnosing and monitoring Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome.

Episode 133 – What's new in CCDS – Working Group Guidelines for Diagnosis and Monitoring In this episode, I talk through the 2026 Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Working Group Guidelines for Diagnosis and Monitoring of CCDS. As a caregiver of a senior dog myself, this is a topic very close to my heart, so when these guidelines came out, I had to dig into them to get the very latest information on CCDS. Written by a group of amazing experts, including Behaviour, Neurology and Medicine Specialists as well as a number of General Practitioners, these guidelines provide a framework for diagnosis and monitoring of CCDS, highlight the challenges associated with this and look towards new developments in the future. Have a listen as I provide you with my Top 10 Summary points of the guidelines and how they relate to practical clinical cases and what I have experienced with my own patients. Here is a link to the Paper: Olby, N.J., Araujo, J.A., Gruen, M.E., Johnson, P., Kubinyi, E., Landsberg, G., Latimer, C.S., McGrath, S., McKenzie, B., Moreno, J.A. and Tarantino, M., 2026. The Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome Working Group guidelines for diagnosis and monitoring of canine cognitive…

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Host: Dr Katrin Jahn

Topics covered

• Canine Cognitive Dysfunction
• Diagnosis
• Monitoring
• Veterinary Guidelines
• Senior Dogs
• Animal Behavior

Keywords

• CCDS
• Canine Cognitive Dysfunction
• Veterinary Guidelines
• Diagnosis
• Monitoring
• Senior Dogs
• Animal Behavior

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Organizations: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

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