Uveitis is a major cause of vision loss. Methotrexate (MTX) has been widely used in uveitis due to its relatively safe profile. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of two different dosages of MTX via intra-vitreal administration for treatment of endotoxin induced uveitis (EIU) in...

The objective of the present study was to investigate the clinical and histopathological effects of intravitreal injection of pentoxifylline (PTX) the management of an experimental model of uveitis. Fifty-two rabbits were divided randomly into six intravitreal treated groups as below: (1) Balanced...

Post-traumatic intraocular sarcomas are rarely reported in domestic animals and are most common in cats. An 8-year-old rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was referred to a veterinary clinic due to ocular discharge, uveitis and protein precipitate in the anterior chamber of the right eye. The eye was...

Historically, it was thought that lens protein was sequestered, and injury to the lens capsule causing release of lens material into the eye would always result in ocular inflammation. Currently, it is believed that lens antigens are recognized as self, subject to normal T-cell tolerance. Three...

The ophthalmological examination of a 6-year-old pet rabbit revealed conjunctival and episcleral congestion, corneal vascularisation, a diffuse corneal oedema, a secondary glaucoma, and an intraocular neoplastic growth at the nasal iridal base. The pathomorphological examination after enucleation...

PURPOSE. To investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of topical application of Curcuma longa (C. longa) and Berberis aristata (B. aristata) aqueous extracts on experimental uveitis in the rabbit. METHODS. Anterior uveitis was induced in rabbits by intravitreal injection of lipopolysaccharide from ...

Intraocular neoplasms are described in 2 adult rabbits. The left globe of an 8-year-old male rabbit was enucleated after chronic inflammatory disease resulted in a nonvisual eye. The left globe of a 5-year-old female rabbit also was enucleated after a history of lens-induced uveitis, cataract...

The techniques of cataract removal have developed considerably in the last years. Despite of the improvement of new techniques and equipments, inflammation resultant from manipulation and lens extraction remain one of the main causes of post-operative complications. New anti-inflammatory drugs have ...

277 pet rabbits were tested for the presence of antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi using the india-ink immunoreaction. 125 (45.1%) of the animals had an antibody titre between 1:20 and 1:1280, and 152 (54.9%) were seronegative. 51 (40.8%) of the seropositive rabbits had clinical signs of an...