Service: Ophthalmology

Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) in dogs remains poorly understood, but it causes rapid, permanent blindness due to retinal degeneration.

Learn about brachycephalic ocular syndrome in dogs.

Pannus, or chronic superficial keratitis, is a progressive inflammatory immune mediated disease of the cornea (the transparent, domed surface of the eye).

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (otherwise known as KCS or “dry eye syndrome”) results from insufficient tear production. The cause of dry eye is often unknown but is most often considered an immune-mediated disease.

The most common cause of an eyelid mass is a benign glandular tumor, although other differentials are possible.

Glaucoma is a disease characterized by an increase in pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure, IOP) with subsequent blindness.

Learn about non-healing and infected corneal ulcers in dogs and cats.

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is an inherited disease that causes non-painful, slowly progressive blindness.

Entropion is the inward rolling of all or part of the eyelid and can affect anywhere from one to all four of the eyelids.

“Cherry eye” is a common term for a prolapsed gland of the third eyelid.

Your dog has been diagnosed with an eye disease leading to blindness or severely limited vision, but their remaining senses can help them adapt to their surroundings.

Horner’s syndrome in dogs is a non-painful condition where the flight-fight innervation to the eye (sympathetic innervation) is interrupted.