Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology

Electroretinography in Veterinary Ophthalmology

Cataract Surgery Focus on Veterinary Ophthalmology

C ataracts are the most frequent cause of blindness in dogs. Most cataracts are inherited and affect dogs older than 5 years of age. Commonly affected breeds include the American cocker spaniel, poodle, Boston terrier, miniature Schnauzer, Bichon Frise, and Labrador retriever. Typically, genetic lenticular opacities are bilateral and slowly progressive. Rapidly progressive cataracts commonly oc...

Antifungals and their use in veterinary ophthalmology.

Many variables affect the outcome of keratomycosis and systemic fungal infections in animals. These include pathogenicity of the fungal organism(toxins, trophisms, and evasion of host response); previous treatment with topical or systemic corticosteroids, which can have a dramatic negative impact on host defense mechanisms: concurrent systemic illness or immunocompromise: severity/extent of inf...

Ophthalmology

This recent addition to the Clio Medica series is very welcome for several reasons. It is almost unique, for the only other histories of ophthalmology in English are a very short essay by Sorsby and an article by Shastid in the American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. The brevity of Chance's history has excluded a separate bibliography, yet the author has managed to include mention in the text o...

Ophthalmology.