Equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) is an ocular disease in horses of different breeds with a prevalence between 2.7 and 7.6% in Europe and vitrectomy is a common method of treatment. The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term retention of vision and control of uveitis after pars plana...

Next generation sequencing (NGS) studies have demonstrated a rich and diverse ocular surface-associated microbiota in people that was previously undetected by traditional culture-based methods. The ocular surface microbiome of horses has yet to be investigated using NGS techniques. This study aimed ...

Background Keratomycosis is a relatively common, sight threatening condition in horses, where treatment is often prolonged and costly. Subconjunctival (SCo) injections offer less resistance to drug diffusion than the topical route, resulting in better penetration to the ocular anterior segment....

Objective: To determine the characteristics of and prognosis for ocular and periocular hemangiosarcoma in horses. Animal studied: Six horses treated for ocular or periocular hemangiosarcoma. Procedure: A retrospective review of medical records from 2007 to 2015 was performed to identify horses with ...

Ocular infections in animals can be result in blindness. The infections are most caused by bacteria particular microbiota from the patient's conjunctiva, eyelid, and nose. When damage to ocular tissue occurs, opportunistic bacteria may invade ocular tissues causing infection that may be difficult...

Objective: Determine the immediate post-operative effects of MicroPulse™ transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (MP-TSCPC) in healthy equine eyes. Animals studied: Ten adult horses. Methods: MP-TSCPC was performed on sedated horses in 12 eyes (4 groups) using the following parameters (power, duration,...

Equine ocular Setariasis is a vision threatening disease of equine, caused by Setaria spp. This clinical communication describes two equine ocular Setariasis cases which were successfully treated with a single dose of ocular Ivermectin injection. Two ponies were referred to the Ambulatory clinic,...

Background: Equine ocular diseases pose a medical challenge due to long-lasting and cost-consuming therapies as well as economic issues associated with potential decrease in value of affected horses. The scale of the problem is significant but difficult to precisely define because epidemiological...

The cornea is the first structure of the eye receiving light, being located at the outermost part of the ocular bulb. Due to its location is subject, more often, the harmful processes such as corneal ulcer, also called keratitis Ulcerative. It is the disease with higher incidence among...

Reference ocular measurements determined in seven 3 to 5 year old normal Kord horses are provided. Fourteen trans palpebral ocular right and left eye echo biometric examinations were performed. Horses were tranquillized with 0.3-0.4 mg/kg acepromazine and 0.05-0.1 mg/kg xylazine. Ultrasonographic...