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

Clinical Management of Eyeworm Infestation-A Study in 2 Cows

  • Author:
  • N. Dhana Lakshmi, M. Saibaba1, M.S.S.V. Phaneendra2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 457 to 458

1Teaching Assistant, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh

2Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh

Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh

*Professor and Corresponding author: E-mail: dhananekkanti@rediffmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

Two cattle were presented with history of excessive lacrimation, watery eyes (epiphora), conjunctivitis, cloudiness, ulcerative keratitis and opacity of cornea in left and right eyes respectively. On detailed clinical examination, eyeworms (Thelazia sp.) were seen with wriggling and movement in the eye. Eyeworm was removed surgically under auriculo palpebral and retro bulbar anaesthesia. Both animals made uneventful recovery.

Keywords

Cattle, eyeworm, Thelazia sp.