All about the eyes...

[Abz88]

Hello again all!!

Anyone who read my earlier threads may want to know my mare is being moved to a proper livery yard in a week or so and he coughing seems to have been little more than choking and I am now dampening her food right down and all seems fine.....well!!

I bought her from the field, all was well. But being turned out for 3 odd years with minimal human contact, it has taken a while to build a bond where I can thoroughly look at her. I noticed over the past few days that her eyes dont seem quite right. A usual horse has mainly the coloured bit then the black part which is horizontal and fairly thin (sorry, science wasnt best bit of school for me!!). With her eyes, there is the usual bit,...then all I can describe as what looks like a mini explosion cloud from the middle of the black bit. Now, her eye is not 'cloudy' and its not a grey/white cloud lining. It is dark, nealry black and only in the middle section with quite well defined outlines. Exactly like a cartoon explosion. Havent come across anything like this before in either dogs or horses. Any ideas?!

Cheers

xx

 

[Beausmate]

Do you mean the sort of knobbly things inside the eye, towards the bottom of the pupil? They perfectly normal and all horses have them, the only time they can cause a problem is if a bit breaks off one and goes floating around inside. Can't remember what they're called though, I'll go and look it up.

Corpora negra. Apparently there to filter light.

 

[abitodd]

I think,if you look carefully you will find most horses have this. It becomes more noticable as they get older.
I would love to know more about it ,so I look forward to replies on this.

 

[Beausmate]

CORPORA NIGRA
A row of dark protuberances normally present along the upper border of the equine iris; also called granula iridica.

Taken from the horse.com

 

[Abz88]

Just google imaged Corpora negra and it is exactly it!! Thank you very much and another thing to not worry about - phew!! Thanks again all - you are a helpful bunch