The prevalence of ocular diseases in polish Arabian horses

BMC Veterinary Research

Research Article

Anna Cywińska¹  Jerzy Kita²  Michał Czopowicz²  Lucjan Witkowski²  Katarzyna Paschalis-Trela³  Jan Trela⁴ 

[1] Division of Pathophysiology, Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland;Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland;Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland;TRELA VETs Referrals, Warsaw, Poland;TRELA VETs Referrals, Warsaw, Poland;

关键词: Epidemiology;    Equine;    Eye;    ERU;    Horse;    Uveitis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12917-017-1252-8

 received in 2017-02-14, accepted in 2017-10-31,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEquine ocular diseases pose a medical challenge due to long-lasting and cost-consuming therapies as well as economic issues associated with potential decrease in value of affected horses. The scale of the problem is significant but difficult to precisely define because epidemiological data is limited and lacks consistency in presentation. To date, no retrospective studies specifically investigating Arabian horses have been published.ResultsThe aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of ocular lesions and define the ocular diseases present in Arabian horses from breeding farms in Poland. Clinical and ophthalmic examination of 615 Arabian horses at Polish breeding farms (15% of Arabian population in Poland) were performed and medical history from the previous 5 years was analyzed. Data was obtained from review of veterinary archives and epidemiological interview of the resident veterinarian at each farm. The prevalence of ocular diseases was 9.75%. The following pathologies were diagnosed (with their respective prevalence): equine recurrent uveitis (ERU; 5.5%); cataract not related to ERU (3.3%); non-visual eyes (1.13%); posttraumatic lesions (0.8%); glaucoma (0.16%).ConclusionsIn this study, ERU was the most common ocular disease identified in Arabian horses in Poland. Its prevalence was lower than usually reported in Europe and the United States. There was no sex or farm predisposition but ocular disease prevalence increased with age. Other severe ocular pathologies were also observed, confirming that ocular diseases remain an important clinical problem.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2017