This is fairy common in neonates anf the offending bacteria are usually Streptococci or the coliforms. Bacteria may also get into the eye as an extension of meningoencephalitis. This is more common in dogs than in other domestic animals. It is associated with systemic mycoses such as Blastomycosis, Cryptococcosis, Histoplasmosis, and Coccidioidomycosis. Saprophytic fungi such as Aspergillus, Penicillium, Mucor, and others are likely to cause keratitis rather than endophthalmitis.
Mycotic keratitis is common in horses kept in mouldy barns.
This is not as common as bacterial or mycotic endophthalmitis. Return to outline Glaucoma Glaucoma results from a complex of ocular diseases which induce the elevation of intraocular pressure as a result of obstruction to aqueous outflow in the region of the anterior chamber angle and trabecular meshwork. Primary glaucoma Mesodermal dysgenesis of the filtration angle can be found in Basset hound dogs. Most cases of glaucoma in animals are of secondary type including inflammatory, traumatic, neoplastic, and degenerative lesions. Most cases of filtration-angle obstruction are due to the presence of preiridal fibrovascular membranes.