title: Open-angle glaucoma in the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the prevalence and clinical characteristics of an open-angle glaucoma in Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen (PBGV) dogs in the United Kingdom (UK).
  At breed society clinics extending over a 6-year period, 366 dogs of varying ages and both sexes were clinically examined for signs of glaucoma using slit-lamp biomicroscopy, indirect and direct ophthalmoscopy, tonometry, and gonioscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of glaucoma was 10.4% (38 dogs). Clinical signs of the disease presented from 3 years of age onwards, the commonest initial feature being the elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP) in 15 dogs (39.4%). In addition to elevated IOP, another 13 dogs (34.2%) presented with other features of glaucoma, some with lens subluxation and globe enlargement and all with possible or known vision defects. In the remaining 10 dogs (26.3%), phacodonesis or lens subluxation was observed before subsequent elevation of IOP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High prevalence and similarity to the primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) seen in the Beagle and Elkhound breeds indicate that an open-angle glaucoma is present in the PBGV in the UK and that this disease may be genetically determined in this breed. Although increased IOP is the commonest early diagnostic feature, lens instability prior to an increase in IOP may be part of the clinical picture.
authors.affiliation: Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Ophthalmology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.|Ophthalmology Referrals, 25, Great North Road, Brookmans Park, Herts. AL9 6LB, North Mymms, Hatfield, UK.
authors.forename: Peter G C
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bedford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen; dog; lens subluxation; open-angle glaucoma; phacodonesis; prevalence