1MVSc Scholar, Assistant Professor, Professor and Head, Assistant Professor Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode
2Assistant Professor, Department of Livestocks Products Technology, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Mannuthy
Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, Pookode, Wayanad (Kerala).
*Corresponding author; E-mail: nagu.24@gmail.com
Online published on 1 March, 2021.
Simple corneal ulcers in animals may heal without much veterinary attention, but some require surgical intervention mainly in the form of corneal grafting. The study was conducted to assess the utility of processed human amniotic membrane onlay graft in the healing of corneal ulcers in six dogs. The dogs were subjected to topical antibiotic (moxifloxacin) one drop q.i.d. before surgery. Following surgical debridement of the ulcers, onlay grafting was done with the processed human amniotic membrane. Nature of the ocular discharge, conjunctival changes, results of visual function tests, blink reflex, number of blinks per minute, direct and indirect ophthalmoscopic examination findings, results of Schirmer tear test and findings of fluorescein dye test were recorded on 0, 3, 7, 14 and 30th postoperative days. Transplantation of processed human amniotic membrane was effective in corneal healing and all the dogs regained their vision without any complications.
Amniotic membrane, Corneal ulcer, Dog, Onlay graft
