14 - food and fiber ophtho Flashcards
The orbit in a ruminant is open or closed?
Closed
THe orbit in the pig is open or closed?
Open
What is the shape of a pig’s pupils?
Round - similar to people
Granula iridica (corpora nigra) is present in what animals?
Ruminants and horses
Which two animals do NOT have a tapetum?
Pigs, camelids
What ruminant has a kidney bean shaped optic disc?
Sheep
T/F: ruminants have a holangiotic fundus.
True
Congenital causes of micropthalmia in ruminants
Teratogenic exposure during development
Viral diseases: blue tongue in small ruminants and BVD in cattle
Cyclopia/Synopthalmos is a congenital disorder that occurs when the fetus is exposed to the plant ______ on day ____ in utero.
veratrum californicum; day 14
Two reasons for exophthalmos in ruminants
Neoplasia and Inflammatory (frontal sinusitis, foreign body migration, actinobacillus spp.)
Lymphosarcoma in the eye is most commonly presented bilaterally or unilaterally?
Bilaterally
Between cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, which species is entropion most common in?
Sheep
Entropion in sheep is an inherited abnormlaity that is usually _____ (bilateral/unilateral), and has an early onset within ___-___ days.
bilateral; 2-3 days
Ideal tx vs economically practical tx for entropion
Surgery is ideal
Scarification is more parctical
Two methods to tx entropion via scarification:
Inject penicillin/tetracycline intot he eyelid - will cause scaring, and rotation of the eyelid outwards.
Or you can insert lidocaine into the lid and crush the tissue with hemostates to cause scaring.
T/F: Eyelid lacerations rarely need to be fixed surgically.
False - ALWAYS need to be repaired
Solar irritation (aka sunburn) to the eyelids is common in color ___ cattle.
Dilute
Photosensitization effects the eyelids in ruminants - it can be primary due to eating _____ and _____, or secondary due to _____ _____.
St. John’s wort and perennial rygrass
secondary to liver disease
Two neoplasias on eyelids in cattle
SCC and papillomas
T/F: Papillomas are self-limiting and often do not need tx.
True
Two pathogens in sheep and goats that are etiologic causes for keratoconjuctivitis
Chlamydia spp.
Mycoplasma spp.
C/S of keratoconjunctivitis in sheep and goats due to:
Chlamydia vs Mycoplasma
Both cause: epiphora/discharge; conjunctivitis/keratitis; polyarthritis; and outbreaks occur during lambing
Mycoplasma also causes mastitis and pleuropneumonia
Is it common to test for causes of keratoconjunctivitis in sheep and goats? What do we do when we suspect it?
Uncommon to test - not economically practical
Instead, we just give them topical and/or systemic oxytetracycline empirically
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is caused by which virus?
Bovine herpes virus - BHV-1
In addition to respriatory disease and pyrexia, BHV-1 can also cause conjunctivitis in cattle. What are common C/S of conjunctivitis caused by this virus?
Plaques - filled with lymphocytes
Conjunctival ulcers
Diphtheritic membrane
Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) causes _____ vasculitis in cattle.
lymphocytic vasculitis
MCF causes uveitis in cattle, why does uveitis from from MCF?
B/c MCF causes a lymphocytic vasculitis - leading uveitis and corneal edema as a result of uveitis