Evaluation of intraocular pressure measurements obtained by use of a rebound tonometer and applanation tonometer in dogs before and after elective phacoemulsification.

Objective: To determine whether an applanation tonometer and rebound tonometer can be used to detect similar intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements in eyes of dogs undergoing phacoemulsification.

Animals: 24 dogs (40 eyes) undergoing elective phacoemulsification.

Procedures: IOP measurements were obtained from each eye by use of both the rebound tonometer and applanation tonometer.

Outcome of retinal reattachment surgery in dogs: a retrospective study of 145 cases.

Objective: To summarize the clinical outcomes and complications of pars plana vitrectomy with perfluoro-n-octane (PFO)-silicone oil exchange and endolaser retinopexy for treatment of retinal detachment (RD) in dogs, at one surgical center.

Procedure: Records of 145 dogs (168 eyes) that underwent retinal reattachment surgery (RR) between 2005 and 2009 were reviewed. All surgeries were performed by the same surgeon (SS).

Effects of intracameral injection of preservative-free lidocaine on the anterior segment of the eyes in dogs.

Objective: To evaluate effects of intracameral injection of preservative-free 1% and 2% lidocaine hydrochloride solution on the anterior segment of the eyes in dogs.

Animals: 16 adult healthy dogs (8 male and 8 female) judged to be free of ocular disease.

Procedure: Dogs were randomly assigned to 2 groups of 8 dogs each.

Alginate as a new biomaterial for the growth of porcine retinal pigment epithelium.

Objective: Determine the effect of a 3-dimensional alginate matrix on the growth and differentiation of cells isolated from porcine retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

Procedures: Porcine RPE cells were harvested from enucleated eyecups, isolated by differential gravity sedimentation and cultured in either alginate alone (Group 1) or on plastic tissue culture plates followed by alginate (Group 2). Group 1 cells were cultured in alginate to evaluate the efficacy of the matrix as a culture medium.

Survival of equine herpesvirus-4, feline herpesvirus-1, and feline calicivirus in multidose ophthalmic solutions.

Objective: To determine survival over time of infectious equine herpesvirus-4, feline herpesvirus-1, and feline calicivirus in three commercially available and commonly used ophthalmic solutions (eyewash, fluorescein, and proparacaine HCl).

Sample Population: Viruses used in this study were originally isolated from eyes of animals referred to the University of Illinois. Equine herpesvirus-4 was propagated in MDBK cells and feline herpesvirus-1 and feline calicivirus in CRFK cells.