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

Management of Ocular Setariasis in a Pony

  • Author:
  • S. Vigneshwaran, S. Senthilkumar, S. Dharmaceelan
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 468 to 469

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI) Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Namakkal-637002, Tamil Nadu

*Post Graduate Scholar and Corresponding author: E-mail: vigneshvet@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

A male pony was presented with history of vision loss in right eye since ten days. Examination revealed a live worm in anterior chamber of eye. The worm was removed under general anesthesia by needle paracentesis and identified as Setaria spp. The animal recovered uneventfully after 20 days.

Keywords

Eye worm, needle paracentesis, pony