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

Table 18-7.

Systemic Causes of Cataract in the Dog and Cat

CAUSES DOG CAT
Infectious diseases Infectious canine hepatitis in neonates ([ICH] canine adenovirus 1 [CAV-1]) —
Metabolic diseases

  • Diabetes mellitus

  • Hyperadrenocorticism

  • Tyrosinemia

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Nutritional

  • Vitamin E deficiency (chronic)

  • Arginine- and methionine-deficient milk-replacement formulas (in the first week of life)

  • Arginine-deficient milk-replacement formulas in kittens

  • Histidine-deficient diet in kittens
Toxic causes

  • Disophenol toxicity

  • Hypercupremia

  • Chronic toxicity of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

  • Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) poisoning

  • Ketoconazole toxicity

 —
Other systemic causes

  • Uveodermatologic syndrome

  • Ionizing radiation

  • Electrocution/electric shock/lightning strikes

 Chédiak-Higashi syndrome