Regular veterinary care is important for your pet’s overall health, and that includes their eyes. Eye problems can strike at any age, but annual ophthalmic exams can detect them in their early stages, allowing your veterinarian to begin treatment sooner. Your primary veterinarian can perform a basic ophthalmic exam, but they typically cannot evaluate the [...]
Wild birds rely heavily on perfect, or near perfect, vision to fly, capture prey, avoid predators, and find suitable perches and shelter. Eye issues, which can appear as ocular lesions, can be indicative of different systemic disorders. While perfect vision is not as vital for captive companion birds, recognizing and treating ocular disease is important [...]
Horses have large, prominent eyes that put them at higher risk for sustaining traumatic eye injury, and fungi can infect these corneal defects and cause significant pain, and potential blindness. Our Veterinary Vision Center team explains how your horse’s vision could be threatened by this complication. Corneal ulcers in horses Corneal ulcers most commonly affect [...]
Several toxic substances can cause eye irritation, ulcerations, dry eye, and blindness, if your pet is exposed. Our team at Veterinary Vision Center wants to provide information on the toxins that can damage your pet’s eyes, and what you should do should your pet be affected. Toxins can cause eye irritation in pets Soaps and [...]
Cats can be exposed to fungal infections by ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through their skin, and these pathogens frequently manifest as ocular disease. Our team at Veterinary Vision Center wants to provide information about problematic fungal infections for cats, in case your pet is affected. What cat owners should know about cryptococcosis Cryptococcosis, which is [...]
Several conditions can affect your pet’s eyes as they age, and some can also cause discomfort and impair their vision. Pets don’t always exhibit signs that their eyes hurt, and they adjust remarkably well to vision loss, making these conditions difficult to recognize. Our team at Veterinary Vision Center will help you keep an eye [...]
The cornea is a transparent barrier that covers the front of the eye, and consists of the outer epithelium, the stroma, Descemet’s membrane, and the endothelium. The cornea protects the eye against external substances, such as dust and germs, and also functions to focus and control how much light enters the eye. This tissue is [...]
Ocular squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common cancer that affects horses’ eyes. These tumors can spread rapidly, resulting in vision impairment, blindness, and in rare cases, death. In the initial stages, these lesions can appear benign, so detection can be a challenge for owners, unless they know the concerning signs. Our team at [...]
Uveitis is a general term referring to inflammation affecting the intraocular vascular uveal tract. The tract is comprised of the iris (i.e., the colored part of the eye), the choroid (i.e., the thin tissue layer between the retina and the sclera), and the ciliary body (i.e., the structure that connects the iris and the choroid). [...]
Cats have more eye colors than most other domestic species. Your cat’s eye color is hereditary, and depends on how much melanin is distributed to their iris, which is the colored tissue around your cat’s pupil that helps control the pupil size. This structure can be invaded by certain cancers, with diffuse iris melanoma the [...]