INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Electroretinography (ERG) for Clinical Evaluation of Vision Abnormalities-A Clinical Study of 9 Dogs

  • Author:
  • D.N. Kelawala, D.B. Patil, P.V. Parikh, K.R. Sini, U.Y. Kothamdi
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 429 to 431

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand-388001, Gujarat

*Director of Research and Dean (PGS), Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar and Corresponding author: E-mail: db1608@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

Electroretinography (ERG) is useful adjunct test for diagnosis of retinal dystrophies and for pre-operative evaluation of retinal functions in conjunction with cataract surgery. ERG recordings were done in 9 dogs with various vision abnormalities viz. cataract, retinal detachment, vitreous degeneration, retinal degeneration and glaucoma. The causative factor for vision abnormality in majority of cases was cataract (n=5, 55.55%) followed by retinal degeneration (n=2, 22.22%) and one dog each with glaucoma and chronic kidney disease (11.11% each). ERG was used to quantify the severity of retinal impairment in these animals.

Keywords

Dog, electroretinography, vision abnormalities