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Eye diseases in Siberian husky dogs
Author(s) -
STANLEY RG,
BLOGG JR
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1991.tb03168.x
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , ophthalmology , abnormality , nasolacrimal duct , anatomy , surgery , psychiatry
SUMMARY A full ophthalmic examination was performed on 40 Siberian husky dogs using direct and Indirect ophthalmoscopy, gonloscopy and nasolacrimal cannulation. Eight (20%) of the dogs were found to have distichia, 10 (25%) had excessive medial caruncular hairs, 8 (20%) had absence, displacement, or narrowing of the nasolacrimal puncta, 2 (5%) had bilateral corneal crystalline opacities, and 2 (5%) had unilateral areas of lateral corneal lipidosis. Fifty percent of the dogs had some abnormality of the Lridocorneal (drainage) angle. However, In only one of these was the deformity severe enough to require glaucoma prophylaxis. An association between blue lris colour and malformation of the lridocorneal angle was noted.