GeorgieLee
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We have had a mare on our yard diagnosed with this and wondered if anyone had come across it before, have read that it can cause blindness have you heard this or had it happen?
Anyone experienced Reccuring Uveitis??
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We have had a mare on our yard diagnosed with this and wondered if anyone had come across it before, have read that it can cause blindness have you heard this or had it happen?
guido16
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Never experienced it myself. But:
Equine recurrent uveitis is one of the most common ocular diseases in horses, classically characterized by episodes of active inflammation followed by varying periods of quiescence. During the so-called quiescent periods, low-grade, subclinical inflammation may continue in at least some individuals. Regardless of the specific course, the inflammatory events eventually lead to secondary changes. It is these adverse secondary complications that make this syndrome the most common cause of blindness in horses worldwide.
From:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/30300.htm
Equine recurrent uveitis is one of the most common ocular diseases in horses, classically characterized by episodes of active inflammation followed by varying periods of quiescence. During the so-called quiescent periods, low-grade, subclinical inflammation may continue in at least some individuals. Regardless of the specific course, the inflammatory events eventually lead to secondary changes. It is these adverse secondary complications that make this syndrome the most common cause of blindness in horses worldwide.
From:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/30300.htm