Objective: To determine incidence and risk factors of post-sterilization hyphema in shelter cats. Animals studied: Retrospective medical record review of 1204 cats and prospective screening of 195 cats. Procedures: The study consisted of three parts: (a) Survey responses were collected from 20...

Objective: To describe and document the prevalence and cause of iris aneurysm in feline hypertensive oculopathy. Animals studied Privately owned cats with systemic hypertension presented for sudden visual deficits and/or hyphema. Procedures: A retrospective search of medical records of cats with...

Hyphema (hemorrhage within the anterior chamber of the eye) can be caused by several mechanisms and can easily be detected in routine ophthalmic or necroscopic examination as discolored red eye(s). The purpose of this study is to report the cause of hyphema diagnosed as a postmortem finding in dogs ...

Head trauma may lead to damage of soft tissue and bones of skull by an external force. The modified Glasgow coma scale (mGCS) is used to evaluate the prognosis and classify the neurological status of cats and dogs with head trauma. The aim of this study is determine the ophtalmic pathologies and...

Classification, diagnosis, and treatment of hemorrhage into the anterior chamber of the eye, or hyphema, can be a challenging and frustrating process for many practitioners, especially in emergency situations. This review outlines an inclusive list of causes, diagnostics, and treatments for...

Objectives: Report of prevalence and type of ocular disease in a captive population of nondomestic felids. Methods: Medical records of 202 cats from 1993 to 2018 were reviewed. Species, age at diagnosis, sex, ocular examination abnormalities, systemic/physical examination abnormalities, type of...

A better understanding of the pathogenesis of hypertension in cats may lead to more specific diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and enable the prevention of target organ damage. The ACVIM consensus guidelines have been widely adopted and classify systemic hypertension according to the...

Objective: To evaluate diagnostic utility of aqueous humor analysis in animals with anterior uveitis. Animals: Client-owned dogs (n=12) and cats (n=10). Procedures: Examination findings and diagnostic test results including aqueous humor cytology were compared. Results: Disease duration prior to...

Due to its strong vascularization, the eye can be a target organ of systemic diseases. The aim of this prospective study was to examine cats suffering from systemic diseases for acute, pathological, ophthalmological findings. Cats that were presented to the Clinic for Small Animals, Freie...

An approximately 2-year old domestic short hair female cat weighting 2.750 g was presented to Firat University Veterinary Teaching Hospital with a history of depression, anorexia and weight loss for the last 15 days. Clinical examination revealed incoordination, hyperaesthesia, circling, head tilt, ...