Surgical Management of Some Ocular Affections in Domestic Animals

The present study was carried out between November 2004 and April ,2008 on 184 animals( 122 cattle, 27 buffaloes, 12 horses, 7 donkeys ,11 sheep, 2 goats ,and 3 dogs)suffered from different ocular affections . The animals were examined at private farm stations at Dakahlia Province, during field training trips beside those animals admitted to the surgery clinic of the Mansoura Teaching Hospital of the Fac. of Vet. Med. at Mansoura University. Case history, general health condition and examination of each ophthalmic affection were recorded. Also, age, sex, breed and description of all lesions were reported. The recorded affections included, 8 congenital , 108 acquired and ( 68 neoplastic affections*).The recorded congenital ocular affections were cyclopia (a kid ), dermoid ( 2 calves ) , unilateral strabismus ( 2 mixed breed calves ), bilateral convergent strabismus with exophthalmos ( 2 Holstein cows ) and a unilateral anophthalmia and microphthalmia in a native breed calf. The acquired ocular affections were recorded in 108 animals ( 56 cattle, 26 buffaloes, 11 horses, 2 donkeys , 9 sheep, 1 goat and 3 dogs). These included conjunctivitis ( 37 cases ), infectious bovine keratoconjuctivitis ( 21 cases), keratitis ( 14 cases ) , lacerations of the eyelids( 12 cases ), perforating corneal wounds ( 4 cases ), ocular proptosis ( 3 cases ), hyphema ( 2 cases ), foreign body in the cornea ( 2 cases ), punctured wounds of the eyelids ( 2 cases ), and one case of each of the following affections: ruptured sclera, hypopyon , cataract, panophthalmitis, nodular conjunctival lesion after lumpy skin disease , acquired buphthalmos, nictitans gland prolapse, subconjunctival lower eyelid abscess , subcutaneous upper eyelid abscess, bilateral prolapse of the third eyelid , and blepharitis. (*):Ocular neoplasia were previously published in a separate paper. INTRODUCTION : The ocular defects reported in cattle were congenital cataract, dermoids, congenital glaucoma, persistent pupillary membrane, corneal edema,