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(Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1971;10:948-954.)
© 1971 by The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.

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Experimental Chronic Uveitis

Ophthalmic Signs Following Equine Leptospirosis

R. D. WILLIAMS 1, R. L. MORTER 2, M. J. FREEMAN 2, and A. M. LAVIGNETTE 2

1 Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology and Veterinary Clinics, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 47907; Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, Md.
2 Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology and Veterinary Clinics, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 47907

The present study was conducted as the first phase of an investigation of the pathogenesis of equine uveitis. Two groups of Shetland ponies were exposed to leptospires and subsequently proved to have been infected. Weekly ocular examinations and fundic photography were used to study the development of lesions and to establish their role in the genesis of equine chronic uveitis. Exacerbations during the experiment were sporadic and resulted in varying degrees of ocular damage. Alterations in 22 clinically affected eyes (61 per cent) included synechiae, pigment rests, lens and vitreal opacities, and focal and peripapillary lesions. The pathogenesis of the fundic lesions, seen in 18 of the eyes, is discussed in relationship to the unique vascular patterns of the equine eye.

Key Words: chronic uveitis • leptospirosis • equine • ophthalmic observations

Submitted on June 1, 1971
Accepted on October 18, 1971




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