Eye diseases of Small

animals
22/10/2018
 Eye Diseases of Dogs
1. Entropion
2. Ectropion
3. Eyelid Protrusion (Cherry Eye)
4. Kerato-conjunctivitis Sicca (Dry Eye)
5. Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
6. Corneal ulcer
7. Dermoid cyst
8. Cataract(White eye)
9. Glaucoma(Black eye)
Enucleation
Normal eye
Entropion
• Entropion is an inward rolling of
the eyelid margin.
• Hair rubs on cornea causing
irritation.
• The treatment for entropion is
surgery to remove excessive skin
and muscle along the eyelid
margin.
• This is cosmetic surgery performed
to bring eyelid in normal.
Ectropion

• Ectropion is a common condition

of dogs where the lower eyelid is
everted or droop or roll out.
• It can affect one or both eyes
Entropion and Ectropion
Chery eye: eversion of third eye lid
• When the tear gland of the third
eyelid protrudes from behind
eyelid as a reddish mass.
• This prolapsed tear gland
condition is commonly referred
to as “cherry eye”.
• The problem is seen primarily in
young dogs, and often in certain
breeds such as the Cocker
Spaniel, Poodle, and Bulldog.
Eyelid tumors
• Eyelid tumors come in many
sizes and shapes.
• Tumors of the eyelid can
originate from any of the tissues
of the lid.
• Adenomas (benign tumor) and
adenocarcinomas (gland cancer)
of the oil glands are the most
common.
Cataract
• Cataract is not a disease, but it is
opacity of the lens of eye that
affects vision.
• cataracts are opacities in the
lens of the eye.
Dog cataract
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Glaucoma

• Glaucoma is defined as “an increase in pressure in the eye, with a loss

of vision.”
• The disease is quite painful in most cases, especially when the eye
pressure is very elevated.
• The signs of glaucoma include redness, cloudy eye, tearing, loss of
vision, enlarged eyeball and loss of appetite.
Enucleation
• Enucleation is the operation
performed to remove eye due
to any disease.