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

Ocular Ultrasonography for Evaluation of Effect of Ehrlichiosis in Dogs

  • Author:
  • P. Nagaraj, O. Bhumaiah1, K. Padmaja2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 438 to 439

1Assistant Professor, KVK, Mamnoor

2Associate Professor and Head, Deptartment of Veterinary Medicine

Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary Hospital College of Veterinary Science, P.V. Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University (PVNRTVU), Bhoiguda, Secunderabad-500030, Telangana

*Associate Professor/ Officer-in-Charge and Corresponding author: E-mail: pnagarajvetmed30@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

The report documents ocular ultrasonographic detection of detachment of retina in eyes in dogs affected with Ehrlichia spp. infection. The dogs exhibited pyrexia, inappetence, depression, lymphadenopathy, abdominal pain, diarrhoea and ocular signs of aqueous flare, blepharospasm, ciliary flush and hyphaema. B-mode ocular ultrasonogram of eyes revealed detachment of retina in affected dogs.

Keywords

Ehrlichiosis, ocular ultrasonography, retinal detachment