title: Granulomatous conjunctivitis in an ostrich.
abstract: Ostriches lack meibom glands, but have small lacrimal glands ventral to the lateral canthus, with ductules that open into the inside of the lower eyelid. Chalazion is a chronic granulomatous inflammation of the meibom glands that may develop from blockage of the ductules into the conjunctiva. A 2-year-old female ostrich presented with chronic granulomatous conjunctivitis, with clinical and histopathologic findings similar to chalazion of other species. The granulomatous dacryoadenitic mass was excised and no recurrence occurred at 4 months. This is the first case of chronic granulomatous conjunctivitis reported in the ostrich.
authors.affiliation: University of Istanbul, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery Department, Avcilar/Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saroglu
authors.forename: Rauf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yucel
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aktas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D020310:Struthioniformes