Diseases of the Eye in Rabbits

 

Kim Chilson

 

 Differential diagnosis

Corneal ulcers in rabbits

Differential diagnosis for a runny eye in rabbits

White eye discharge ? 

Protruding nictitating membrane (third eyelid)

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Biology

Senses of rabbits, by Esther van Praag (presentation in pdf form)

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Eyelids opening/congenital malformations

Late opening of eyelids in newborn rabbits. Consequences

Nest box eyelids” in young rabbits and winter temperatures

Newborn rabbit with a congenital upper eyelid agenesis and a cephalocele, by Luc Page, Michel Gruaz, and Esther Van Praag

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Color of the eyes

Domestic Rabbit Eye Colors, by Robert Reiswig

Partial iris in a Dutch belted rabbit

Incomplete aniridia in a young rabbit belonging to the “Dutch” breed, by Michel Gruaz et Esther van Praag

Heterochromia of the iris in rabbits belonging to the Dutch breed, by Kimberly Butler, Beth DeGeorge, Gabriela Dunn, Julie VanGyzen, Michel Gruaz, Arie van Praag and Esther van Praag

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Eye diseases

Clinical cases, by D.L. Williams, DVM

Rabbit and rodent ophtalmology, by D.L. Williams, DVM

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Bacterial infections

 

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Eye lens disorders

Cataract in rabbits 

Congenital or juvenile cataract in a rabbit

Case report, Toffik presenting eye bilateral lesions and nasal crusts, by Magdalena Stasiowska, DVM

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Eye gland disorders

Meibomian cyst or growth of a white nodule on the rabbit eyelid

Prolapse of the Harderian gland or “cherry eye”

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Corneal related disorders

Corneal abrasion and ulcers

Corneal occlusion, also called pseudopterygium

Surgical correction of aberrant conjunctival overgrowth in a rabbit: a case report, by Joon Young Kim, David L Williams, Kyung-soo Rho, Kyung-hee Kim, Young-sun Lee and Soon-wuk Jeong

Anterior corneal dystrophy of american dutch belted rabbits: biomicroscopic and histopathologic findings, by C.P. Moorer, R. Dubielzigan D.S. and S.M. Glaza

Spontaneous pre-Descemet’s membrane corneal opacities in rabbits, by G. Durand-Cavagna, M-F. Hubert, G. Gerin, and S. Molon-Noblot

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Metabolic disorders

Corneal lipidosis or dystrophy in rabbits

Lipid keratopathy in a rabbit, by Michel Gruaz and Esther van Praag

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Congenital eye anomalies

Newborn rabbit with a congenital upper eyelid agenesis and a cephalocele, by Luc Page, Michel Gruaz and Esther van Praag

Incomplete aniridia in a young rabbit belonging to the “Dutch” breed, by Michel Gruaz et Esther van Praag

Heterochromia of the iris in rabbits belonging to the Dutch breed, by Kimberly Butler, Beth DeGeorge, Gabriela Dunn, Julie VanGyzen, Michel Gruaz, Arie van Praag and Esther van Praag

 

 

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