Author Archives: davidwilliams

My good friend Dominic Alexander e-mailed me this picture, not because he wanted a diagnosis, but rather to know what I would suggest as a treatment plan. Continue reading →

This five year old labrador has dilated pupils without much of a pupillary light reflex and a retina that looks just like the picture in the textbook for generalised progressive retinal atrophy with an overly reflective tapetum and narrow vessels. Continue reading →

This cat has been referred with a possible iris melanoma. Continue reading →

This poor labrador was afflicted with botulism and spent a week on a ventilator before recovering well as seen here. Continue reading →

I was asked to look at this black labrador as he was extremely hypertensive with a suspected phaeochromocytoma. I thought I might see the same sort of retinal changes as we detect in a cat, though to my mind they occur much less frequently in hypertensive dogs. But what should I see but this?! What do you reckon it is and what would you do next? Continue reading →

This bearded dragon has an unusual right eye compared with his left but doesn’t seem to be affected by it. What might be happening here? Continue reading →

This appaloosa horse was referred to me with a blind but pain-free eye which seems to be enlarged. Continue reading →