Sentences with phrase «most dogs with cataracts»

In fact, most dogs with cataracts do not need surgery, because most lens opacities in dogs (and a lens opacity is a cataract, no matter how tiny or big) are small and don't significantly interfere with vision.

Not exact matches

The mode of inheritance for most Aussie cataracts is dominant with incomplete penetrance, meaning not every dog with the mutation will develop cataracts though 70 % of those with cataracts have it.

However, it is also true (in Dr. McCalla's view) that restoring a blind dog's vision with cataract surgery is one of the most satisfying parts of being a veterinary ophthalmologist, and surgery can give a dog a wonderful new lease on life.

Most cataracts develop with age, but shouldn't be confused with nuclear sclerosis, a normal change of the lens in pets over 7 years of age, which causes the lens to appear somewhat whiter or grayer but does not seem to impair the dog's vision.

Congenital cataracts mean the dog was born with them and although it is most often due to a hereditary condition, they can develop while still in the uterus due to toxins or infection.

For aortic stenosis, GDV, early onset cataracts, dilated cardiomyopathy, elbow dysplasia, epilepsy, and portosystemic shunt, most purebred groups were not statistically distinct from the mixed - breed population with higher prevalence in purebreds restricted to distinct subsets of purebred dogs.