Aphakia in a German Holstein calf |
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Authors: | Schulze U Kuiper H Schmidtbauer S Wohlsein P Krause A Haas L Distl O |
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Institution: | Institut für Tierzucht und Vererbungsforschung, Stiftung Tier?rztliche Hochschule Hannover. |
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Abstract: | Aphakia and further malformations of both eyes were diagnosed in a female German Holstein calf. Besides aphakia of the left eye, the calf exhibited microphthalmia, glaucoma and a hypoplastic uveoscleral tissue. Additional findings in the right eye were buphthalmus and glaucoma. Instead of aphakia, pathohistological and investigations revealed a very small (microphakia) and luxated lens. Neither the clinical nor the pathological examination revealed further malformations of other organs. A BVD infection could be excluded as cause for the ocular malformations observed. A deficiency or excess of vitamine A was unlikely because this would have also applied to all other calves born at the same time on the farm. An inbreeding coefficient of 3.168% for the malformed calf and the exclusion of environmental causes for these malformations of the eyes let us suppose a hereditary problem. |
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