Category Archives: Cases

[tab name="The Case"] This pony is being purchased for a six year old girl to start riding, but the owner wants to know if this eye is anything to worry about. Specifically is the corneal haze going to alter vision … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] What is happening in the cornea of this Cavalier King Charles Spaniel? [/tab] [tab name="David's view"] This dog has a crystalline stromal lipid dystrophy – an inherited defect in how the keratocytes – the corneal cells - deal … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] This beautiful young spaniel comes to you with irritated eyes. Can you see what might be the problem? [/tab] [tab name="David's view"] Its a bit tricky to see without magnification, so here it is closer up.. This … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] If you were asked to perform a prepurchase examination on a horse with an eye like this one would you pass it and if not why not? [/tab] [tab name="David's view"] Although it looks like nothing to be … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] When I have new elective students we always look at the animals that are in our hospital for non-ophthalmic problems, to see what is normal in the eye. But this lovely French Bulldog we saw yesterday clearly isn’t … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] This twelve year old cat comes to you from a rescue shelter with a black deposit in one eye. Is this bad news? [/tab] [tab name="David's view"] If you read the literature a dark velvety deposit at … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] This little Jack Russell terrier is polydipsic and polyuric and losing weight into the bargain. You look into his eyes for no particular reason (apart from your fascination with ophthalmology of course!) and this is what you … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] What eye problem is this wonderful ram likely to be suffering from, is he likely to pass it to his offspring and how would you treat him? [/tab] [tab name="David's view"] This is a four horned Hebridean … Continue reading →

[tab name="The Case"] Here is an image taken of focal lesions on the retina of an Eagle owl. They seem to have no effect on the bird’s vision but what are they and should we be concerned? Oh and what is the … Continue reading →