Vol. 11, Special Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
BP Shukla, R Jain, V Agrawal, A Parihar and A Chaurasia

Abstract:
Two horses with a primary complaint of corneal opacity, lacrimation and moving object inside the eye since 05 days presented to Veterinary Clinical Complex (V.CC.), Veterinary College, Mhow. Ophthalmic examination revealed movement of worm inside anterior chamber of eye. In the present study, surgery was performed to retrieve eye worms in horses under general anaesthesia. Gradual reduction in lacrimation and corneal opacity was recorded with return of vision in 20-30 days without eye ball shrinkage in both the cases.