A mutation responsible for Primary Lens Luxation (PLL), a painful and blinding inherited eye condition, has been indentified by geneticists working in the Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust. They expect a DNA test to identify carriers…

The Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust has identified a genetic mutation which causes progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) in Golden Retrievers, and developed a DNA test to identify carriers.

PRA is a retinal disease which causes loss…

A research project funded by The Horse Trust has found that various types of ocular tumours can be successfully treated with mitomycin C, a cytotoxic antibiotic isolated from a bacterium.

The research concludes that mitomycin C offers a safe and cost…

Wiley has announced the joint online publication of a special issue of 22 ophthalmology papers from Equine Veterinary Journal, Equine Veterinary Education and Veterinary Ophthalmology.

Clinical equine ophthalmology: The current state of the art brings…

Researchers at the Animal Health Trust are appealing for information from veterinary surgeons who have seen recent Eosinophilic Keratitis (EK) conditions, an emerging issue in UK equine ophthalmology.

The AHT says that despite the increased awareness…

The Animal Health Trust reports that a DNA test it developed in 2015 for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), a painful condition which eventually leads to blindness in the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, appears to have stamped out the disease.

When the Newmarket…

Davies Veterinary Specialists reports that it has performed its first corneal xenograft on a Chihuahua with a melting corneal ulcer. 

The dog, called Pepe, needed urgent treatment to repair the cornea before it ruptured, so the team at Davies decided to…

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has revealed that flat-faced dogs and spaniels, amongst others, are more prone to keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), aka ‘dry eye’.

The study¹ was led by the RVC’s VetCompass Programme and…

A study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) has revealed that the evidence base for recommending any one treatment for keratomalacia in dogs and/or cats over another is very weak. 

In the study titled “Outcomes of…

A veterinary ophthalmologist at Veterinary Vision in Penrith, Cumbria, has stumbled on what may prove to be the veterinary profession's answer to the Turin Shroud: the outline of a face on the retina of a dog.  

The strange phenomenon was spotted by…

The Royal Veterinary College has published new research which has revealed the risk factors for Prolapsed Nictitating Membrane Gland, aka Cherry Eye, in dogs.

Led by the RVC’s VetCompass Programme, researchers say the study¹ was the largest exploration…

Ophthalmologists Gary Lewin and Chris Dixon from Veterinary Vision, the ophthalmology referral clinic with centres in Penrith, Sunderland and Charnock, is reporting success with a novel cataract technique they've developed.

The new technique enables…

Specialists at the RVC appear to have saved Christmas after successfully treating Snowflake, one of twenty reindeer owned by a Mr S. Claus* of Rutland, for a neoplastic lesion of the third eyelid. 

Snowflake previously had a squamous cell carcinoma mass…

The Canine Genetics Centre at the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge has developed a new DNA test to identify Cocker Spaniels with Retinopathy with Vitamin E Deficiency (RVED), in order that they can be treated with potentially…