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. 2009 Jun 5:374–418. doi: 10.1016/B978-072160561-6.50021-6

Table 18-26.

Systemic Causes of Retinal Detachment, Hemorrhage, Atrophy, and Choroidal Depigmentation in Horses and Cattle

DISORDER HORSE COW
Retinal detachment

  • Strangles

  • Tuberculosis

  • Lyme disease

  • Hydatid disease

  • Leptospirosis

  • Lymphoma/lymphosarcoma

  • Multiple myeloma

  • Failure of passive transfer and sepsis

  • Combined immunodeficiency

  • Bovine viral diarrhea

  • Mycobacterium bovis

  • Scrapie

  • Septicemia
Retinal hemorrhage

  • Equine infectious anemia

  • Sepsis and failure of passive transfer

  • Neonatal maladjustment syndrome

  • Bovine viral diarrhea

  • Thromboembolic meningoencephalitis (TEME)

  • Leptospira pomona (experimentally induced)

  • Hypovitaminosis A

  • Septicemia
Retinal atrophy Lyme disease

  • Arthrogryposis-hydrencephaly

  • Bluetongue

  • Bovine viral diarrhea

  • Septicemia

  • Elaeophorosis

  • Hypovitaminosis A
Choroidal/nontapetal depigmentation

  • Equine motor neuron disease

  • Streptococcus spp.

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