10/10/2022
HEREDITARY EYE DISEASES IN GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/fv-2022-0026
P. Zubrický and A. Trbolová
Published Online: 01 Oct 2022
Hereditary eye diseases occur to varying degrees in all dog breeds. Individual purebred breeds have specific predispositions to various eye disorders. The German Shepherd is diagnosed mainly with chronic superficial keratitis/pannus, but also with: distichiasis, plasmoma/atypical pannus, corneal dystrophy, persistent pupillary membranes, cataract, cone degeneration, retinal dys-plasia, optic nerve hypoplasia/micropapilla, and limbal melanoma. Individual ocular abnormalities are mani-fested by characteristic clinical manifestations and oph-thalmological findings. Some eye diseases can lead to blindness, others affect the comfort of life or work use of the dog to varying degrees. A thorough knowledge of individual ocular pathologies in a particular breed leads not only to the identification of the diagnosis but also to the correct assessment of the dog’s breeding usability.Key words: eye diseases; German Shepherd dog; hereditary
Zubrický,P. & Trbolová,A.(2022).Hereditary Eye Diseases in German Shepherd Dog. Folia Veterinaria,66(3) 48-53. https://doi.org/10.2478/fv-2022-0026
Abstract Hereditary eye diseases occur to varying degrees in all dog breeds. Individual purebred breeds have specific predispositions to various eye disorders. The German Shepherd is diagnosed mainly with chronic superficial keratitis/pannus, but also with: distichiasis, plasmoma/atypical pannus, co...
