Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kullmann, A.
• Marteniuk, J. V.
• Williams, M. R.
• Holcombe, S. J.
• Mowat, F. M.
• Mullaney, T. P.

Titel

Bilateral traumatic optic nerve avulsion in a Thoroughbred gelding

Ist Teil von

• Equine veterinary education, 2014-10, Vol.26 (10), p.523-526

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Summary This report describes an unusual case of acute blindness following traumatic head injury in a mature horse. The horse fell over backwards and subsequently presented with bilateral blindness and epistaxis. Vision did not return following medical supportive therapy and euthanasia was elected. Post mortem findings revealed a basisphenoid fracture and bilateral optic nerve avulsion rostral to the optic chiasm, an uncommon presentation of traumatic blindness not previously reported in the horse.