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- Title
Ocorrência de doenças oftalmológicas em eqüinos utilizados para traçào urbana na cidade de Londrina, PR.
- Authors
Reichmann, Peter; de Oliveira Dearo, Antônio Cezar; Rodrigues, Tais Casonato
- Abstract
The clinical records of 805 horses admitted to the Veterinary Hospital of the State University of Londrina between 1992 and 2007 were reviewed in order to establish the occurrence of ophthalmologic diseases in horses used for hauling carts in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. Among these records, there were 25 ophthalmologic cases (3.1%), composed of 12 cases (48%) of corneal diseases, six cases (24%) of cataracts, six cases (24%) of conjunctival diseases (associated or not to other lesions), two cases (8%) of recurrent equine uveitis, one case of squamous cell carcinoma of the third eyelid, one case of chronic necrotic eyelid lesion with loss of the eye globe and one case of phthisis bulbi (4% each). Trauma was the most important etiology for eye diseases diagnosed in this study (36%). Most of the ophthalmologic diseases seen in this study may cause blindness if not adequately treated, and this might prevent the animal from performing draught activities. Therefore, this study helps to emphasize the need of continuously making cart owners aware of the importance and prevention of such conditions.
- Subjects
LONDRINA (Brazil); BRAZIL; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL therapeutics; OCULAR manifestations of general diseases; OPHTHALMOLOGY; CATARACT; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; HORSE diseases; VETERINARY hospitals
- Publication
Ciência Rural, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 9, p2525
- ISSN
0103-8478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0103-84782008005000007