Prospective evaluation of the prevalence of conjunctival and intraocular bacteria in dogs undergoing phacoemulsification following a standardized aseptic preparation with 0.5% povidone iodine.

Purpose: To evaluate bacterial contamination of conjunctiva and aqueous humor in dogs undergoing phacoemulsification following asepsis with 0.5% povidone iodine and determine the influence of intravenous antibiotics on outcome of contamination.

Methods: Client-owned dogs were prospectively enrolled and randomly assigned to a control group, receiving 22 mg/kg intravenous cefazolin at induction prior to sampling, or experimental group receiving no antibiotic prior to sampling, masked to the surgeon.

Gabapentin reduces stress and does not affect ocular parameters in clinically normal cats.

Objective: To describe the effects of gabapentin on ocular and behavioral parameters following oral administration in healthy cats.

Materials And Methods: Masked, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover-design study. Ten young, healthy cats were scheduled for two veterinary visits 7 days apart and randomly assigned to receive a compounded capsule containing 100 mg of gabapentin or placebo (100 mg lactose powder) at the first visit and the opposite treatment at the second visit.

Clinical, advanced imaging data and outcome of inflammatory and neoplastic orbital disease in 81 dogs and 16 cats in Australia (2010-2019).

Objective: To characterize the clinical presentation, advanced imaging features, and outcome of orbital disease in a referral population of dogs and cats that underwent computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Animals Studied: Client-owned animals.

Procedures: Animals referred for orbital disease undergoing ophthalmic examination and either head MRI or CT were included.

Outcomes of baervedlt implant surgery in 17 dogs (20 eyes) with primary closed-angle glaucoma (2013-2019).

Objective: To report outcomes and follow-up of Baerveldt implant surgery in dogs with primary closed-angle glaucoma (PCAG).

Materials And Methods: Record review of client-owned dogs with PCAG that underwent Baerveldt implant surgery during a 6-year period. Postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP), vision and daily number of anti-glaucoma drops at fixed time points (3, 12, and 24 months) were compared with preoperative values; complications were recorded.

Phenotype of macular corneal dystrophy in Labrador Retrievers: A multicenter study.

Objective: To describe the phenotype of canine macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) including the clinical presentation, multimodal ocular imaging, histopathology, and ultrastructural analysis in ten Labrador Retrievers.

Procedure: Multicentered data collection.

Results: Labrador Retrievers affected by MCD were presented between the age of 4.