TEARS/LIDS / CORNEA Seoul – The aim of this study by Suk Jun Lee from the College of Business, Kwangwoon University, and colleagues from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, both in Seoul, Korea, was to determine the correlation between parameters that indicate the condition of the ocular surface and can predict corneal opacity. Non-invasive tear break-up time (NIBUT) was measured in 50 dogs (96 eyes) using grid illumination. Thirty dogs (54 eyes) were included in the final...

TEARS/LIDS Burdur – The effects of two different environments – one familiar and one unfamiliar to the horse – on intraocular pressure (IOP) and tear production have not been studied. Harun Cinar et al. from the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey, included 30 healthy male Arabian horses aged 6.88 ± 3.34 years in the cross-over study. Measurements of intraocular pressure and tear production were performed...

TEARS/LIDS Elmont – The case report by Matthew J. Woodman of the Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists in Elmont, New York, USA, and Canadian colleagues describes the rare complication of third eyelid prolapse in a horse following maxillary nerve block and the successful treatment with temporary tarsorrhaphy. A 20-year-old Quarter Horse gelding was presented for a routine dental examination. Periodontitis and dislocation of tooth 108 were diagnosed and oral extraction was planned. After a blind...

INFECTION Baton Rouge – Andrew C. Lewin from the School of Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Xiaojuan Zhu from the Research Computing Support at the University of Tennessee, both in the United States, aimed to determine the prevalence of pathogens in shelter cats with active ocular surface disease (OSD). A total of 255 domestic cats from shelters with signs of active OSD were included. No samples were collected from healthy, unaffected cats. Cats with active...