title: [Acute blindness in a dog caused by sudden acquired retinal degeneration].
abstract: A 6-year-old male Boxer dog was presented with a history of acute blindness. Direct and consensual pupillary light reflexes were reduced. The fundus of both eyes appeared normal during ophthalmoscopic examination. Further diagnostic investigations included magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and electroretinography. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was normal, but the electroretinogram was extinguished. A diagnosis of sudden acquired retinal degeneration was made.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chirurgie, Fakulteit Veeartsenykunde, Universiteit van Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Republiek van Suid-Afrika.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Venter
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Petrick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*
vernacular_title: Akute blindheid in 'n hond veroorsaak deur skielike verworwe retinale degenerasie.