We presently diagnose dogs as affected or unaffected regardless of the variation
of eye lesions present.
Recently, an organism call Bartonella has been implicated in chronic oral infections and
eye lesions in cats.
«We found a very high prevalence of birds
with eye lesions,» says Alan Tennyson at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.
Examples of these diseases common to puppy mills
include eye lesions, deafness, cataracts, epilepsy, retinal degeneration, hip dysplasia, dislocated kneecaps, glaucoma, cognitive issues, mammary tumors, and periodontal disease.
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world today, and are the leading cause of impaired vision in New Zealand, with a large percentage of the elderly population exhibiting some signs of
this eye lesion.
Dogs with pannus require ongoing medication to prevent
the eye lesions from returning.
These cats should be watched closely for dental disease,
eye lesions, anemia, other infections and cancers.
Grade 3 - Eye has twisted vessels in the retina and major areas of choroidal lesions with holes or pits in the eye
Unlike the other forms of accepted EGC disease, the herpes 1 (rhinotracheitis, FHV - 1) virus is thought by many to be the underlying cause for
these eye lesions.
Less than 2 weeks into life with his new family, the kitten had rear leg lameness,
eye lesions, a condition called microphthalmia which means the eyes are smaller in size than normal, and an opaque right cornea.