A 6-month-old male thoroughbred foal with melting ulcer after left eye trauma was referred to Equine Hospital of Jeju National University. The left eye did not respond to the menace reflex test. Bacteria were not observed on corneal smear and culture test, and fluorescein staining revealed corneal...

This report describes the use of porcine urinary bladder matrix (UBM) to repair a full thickness defect in the cornea of a Thoroughbred racehorse. The horse presented with acute keratomalacia of the right eye of 12 h duration that had rapidly progressed to perforation of the cornea with partial...

A 22-year-old Quarter Horse gelding with a history of dental (107) extraction 2 weeks previously was presented with facial cellulitis and an orbital abscess. The abscess was drained surgically dorsally and ventrally to the zygomatic arch and the horse was treated with parenteral antimicrobial and...

This paper presents a case study of horses with disorders of the ophthalmic system emphasising the therapeutic approach. From 2011 to 2014, 35 horses with ophthalmic disorders were attended at the Hospital de Clínicas Veterinárias of the Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Rio Grande...

A 6-year-old draft horse is reported at the Bai Sakharbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals with history of excessive lacrimation and partial closure of the right eyelid. It was observed that there was ulceration in the right eye of the horse. Temporary tarsorrhaphy was performed by taking three...

The clinical signs, diagnosis, therapy (tumour excision) in combination with interstitial brachytherapy and follow up of a squamous cell carcinoma of the nictitating membrane in a horse were described [Germany, date not given]. A 7-year-old Haflinger gelding was referred with a progressively...

Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy and accompanying fractures of these bones is a common cause of unilateral facial paralysis and/or vestibular disease in adult horses. Approximately 50% of horses recover following medical treatment with antibiotics and antiinflammatory drugs. A ceratohyoidectomy is...

A single subconjunctival injection (1 ml/eye) of Placentrex, an extract of human placenta, was successful in treating 20 cases of corneal opacity, 27 of corneal ulcer and 2 of iris prolapse among 71 cases of eye diseases in bovine, equine and caprine animals; healing was complete in 10-15 days. A...

Techniques of wound repair and postoperative care used in 48 cases of eye trauma are described. Wounds which perforated the cornea and sclera usually resulted in blindness regardless of treatment. Wounds caused by sharp objects tended to be limited to the cornea and had a better prognosis than...