Bilateral optic disc colobomas and microphthalmos in a thoroughbred horse.
A thoroughbred colt had bilateral but unequal microphthalmos together with microcornea, abnormalities of the iris and lens and posterior segment colobomas. The case is compared with other reports of microphthalmos and coloboma in horses.
Williams
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DL
Comparative Ophthalmology Unit, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, Suffolk.
Barnett
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KC
D000818:Animals; D003103:Coloboma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003315:Cornea / Q000002:abnormalities; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D007498:Iris / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology