Instructional Livestock Farm Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI), Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Tirunelveli-627358, Hebbal
*Corresponding author E-mail: skmrps@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017.
A thread like worm having strong movement in anterior chamber of left eye was noticed in a thoroughbred mare. The eye worm was removed under general anesthesia with surgical site at 5 o’ clock on the corneal limbus. Microscopic examination of eye worm revealed Setaria. The horse recovered uneventfully without any complications.
Eye worm, horse, needle paracentesis, setariosis
