Effects of topical 0.5% tropicamide and 1% atropine on pupil diameter, intraocular pressure, and tear production, in healthy pet rabbits.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of topical application of 0.5% tropicamide and 1% atropine on pupil diameter (PD), intraocular pressure (IOP), and tear production (TP) in healthy pet rabbits.

Animals Studied: Ten healthy client-owned rabbits.

Nutritional cataracts in a wolf litter treated by phacoemulsification.

Objective: To describe the clinical findings in a wolf litter with nutritional cataracts and determine the treatment outcomes after phacoemulsification.

Procedure: Bilateral nutritional cataracts were diagnosed in four hand-fed 10-week-old wolves (Canis lupus). The information collected included signalment, physical and ophthalmic examination findings, ocular ultrasonography and electroretinography results, and postoperative outcomes.

Epidemiology and clinical presentation of feline cataracts in france: A retrospective study of 268 cases.

Objective: To describe the epidemiology and the clinical presentation of cataracts in a population of cats in France.

Procedures: A review of medical records of cats presented to the Ophthalmology Unit of the National Veterinary School of Alfort between January 2010 and June 2017 was carried out to identify cats affected by cataracts. The signalment of affected cats, medical history, etiology of cataract, age of onset, stage of development, location of opacities, and concurrent ocular lesions were evaluated.

Cataracts in a population of Bengal cats in France.

Objective: To document the clinical appearance and prevalence of cataracts in a French population of Bengal cats.

Methods: Two distinct populations of Bengal cats were examined as follows: (i) 51 animals recruited for evaluation of national prevalence of ocular diseases in an observational study conducted between October 2014 and November 2016 at the Alfort ophthalmology unit; (ii) 12 patients referred for cataract diagnosis examined at a veterinary eye clinic located in central France, between December 2014 and February 2016. Buccal swabs or blood samples for DNA analysis were collected from all patients.

Keratomycosis in a pet rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) treated with topical 1% terbinafine ointment.

This report describes the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and medical management of a 2-year-old spayed female dwarf rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) suffering from an ulcerative keratitis and a stromal abscess with a rapid evolution. The diagnosis of fungal keratitis was based on fungal culture identifying the pathogen as Aspergillus fumigatus. Treatment by topical terbinafine was efficacious in resolving the keratomycosis within 8 weeks.

A case of primary choroidal malignant melanoma in a cat.

This report describes the clinical presentation, diagnosis, histological lesions, and prognosis of a primary choroidal malignant melanoma in a 15-year-old cat. The animal was presented for unilateral blindness. On ocular examination, a raised pigmented mass protruding from the posterior pole into the vitreous body was observed by diffuse transillumination and indirect ophthalmoscopy.