When their dog Tashi started looking around aimlessly recently, owners Jerry and Arlet Nordeen thought something might be wrong with their beloved 7-year-old Shih-Tzu. When this progressed into bumping into furniture and being hesitant to jump, they took her to see a veterinary ophthalmologist who diagnosed her with detached retinas in both eyes which was taking her vision.
The Ophthalmology Service recently upgraded its surgical microscope, allowing the opportunity for a never-before-performed surgical procedure at the UC Davis veterinary hospital. This cutting-edge ophthalmic technology also opens more appointment opportunities, increased specialty training opportunities for residents, and an advanced approach to compassionate care.
A recent clinical trial conducted by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has shown that famciclovir, an antiviral used to treat feline herpes, hastens recovery in kittens with infectious upper respiratory disease (IURD). The results of the research, published today in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, also indicated that the drug may also reduce corneal disease in some of these kittens.
UC Davis researchers will use a new $3.5 million grant from the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop a nonhuman primate model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy to speed the development and testing of treatments for humans.
After a stick penetrated her eye, Eme was rushed to the UC Davis veterinary hospital where she underwent successful surgery with the Ophthalmology Service.
Thanks to UC Davis equine specialists in surgery and ophthalmology, Camino Del Paraiso is back to his winning ways after what could have been a career-ending injury.
