Diseases

1.Cataract: as in humans, a change in structure of the lens of the eye leading to cloudiness and usually to blindness.

2.Corneal dystrophy: an abnormality of the cornea usually characterized by shallow pits in the surface.

3.Diabetes mellitus: a metabolic disease caused by insulin deficiency and characterized by the inability to utilize sugars normally.

4.Entropion: an abnormal rolling in of the eyelid.

5.Granulomatous sebaceous adenitis: a disease of sebaceous (sweat) skin glands characterized by reactive tissue growth and autoimmune destruction of the sebaceous glands. Hair loss occurs and is poorly responsive to treatment. Common in standard poodles, Akitas, Samoyed and vizslas.

6.Inguinal hernia: a break in the muscular layer of the body wall occurring at the inguinal canal (where the back leg meets the body).

7.Keratitis sicca: a condition where one or both eyes do not produce a normal amount or type of tears.

8.Legg-Perthes disease: a disease where the blood vessels feeding the femoral head (top part of the thigh bone) shrink, leading to starvation and death of the femoral head (the ball of the ball-and-socket joint of the hip). Also called Legg-Calve'- Perthes disease.

9.Pannus: an immunologic eye disease characterized by abnormal growth of tissue over the cornea.

10.Progressive retinal atrophy: a disease where the retina slowly deteriorates, producing night blindness.