Breed predisposition to congenital alacrima in dogs
| Autor: | Hans D. Westermeyer, Kenneth L. Abrams, Daniel A. Ward |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Response to therapy Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Breeding Alacrima Teaching hospital Dogs Ophthalmology medicine Animals KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA Genetic Predisposition to Disease Dog Diseases Keratoconjunctivitis Lubricants General Veterinary business.industry Lacrimal Apparatus Prognosis medicine.disease eye diseases Breed Exact test Treatment Outcome Tears Dry Eye Syndromes Female Ophthalmic Solutions business |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Ophthalmology. 12:1-5 |
| ISSN: | 1463-5224 1463-5216 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2009.00665.x |
| Popis: | Objective To evaluate the clinical characteristics and breed predisposition of congenital alacrima in dogs. Animals studied Dogs with congenital keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Procedures A search of the medical records of the University of Tennessee Veterinary Teaching Hospital from 1974–2005 and the University of California–Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital from 1986–2006 for dogs under 1 year of age with a diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) was performed. These cases were further reviewed for dogs with a Schirmer's tear test I of ≤ 5 mm/min before 6 months of age, with no known causes for KCS, which did not respond to appropriate KCS therapy; these cases were considered to have congenital alacrima. These breeds were compared to all other breeds using the Fisher's exact test with correction for multiple comparisons. Results Congenital alacrima was identified in 19 dogs representing 11 breeds and mixed breeds. Yorkshire Terriers and Bedlington Terriers were statistically overrepresented compared to reference populations (P |
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