FA Ophthalmology Ophthalmic
Examination Practice Guide
2024-2025
,make sure the animal How do you perform an
is safely restrained eye exam on the farm?
and you have
adequate head
positioning, use a
parlor top and your
phone light for
darkness, always have
fluorescein, ocular
anesthetic, and
atropine in car
reduce Why would an
blepharospasm if auriculopalpebral block be
animal cannot open helpful during an eye
eye; beware this is a exam?
motor block only so
provide adequate
analgesia
perform What would you do if a case presented with
ultrasonography exopthalmos?
through upper eyelid
to assess retrobulbar
space; useful also if
severe oedema
, aka pink eye or new What is infectious bovine
forest eye; due to keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)?
moraxella bovis,
sometimes
mycoplasma; CS:
lacrimation,
photophobia,
blepharospasm,
corneal oedema,
neovascularization,
corneal ulceration,
abscessation;
common in summer
months with flies and
dust, feeders enable
close contact and
spread
cloxacillin topical How do you treat and
(start with better eye), prevent IBK?
oxytetracycline
systemic, bulbar
conjunctival injection
or oxytetracycline,
NSAID; most self
resolve but will be
accelerated with tx,
some cases leave
severe scarring and
reduced vision;
prevent with fly
control and isolation
of affected animals
Examination Practice Guide
2024-2025
,make sure the animal How do you perform an
is safely restrained eye exam on the farm?
and you have
adequate head
positioning, use a
parlor top and your
phone light for
darkness, always have
fluorescein, ocular
anesthetic, and
atropine in car
reduce Why would an
blepharospasm if auriculopalpebral block be
animal cannot open helpful during an eye
eye; beware this is a exam?
motor block only so
provide adequate
analgesia
perform What would you do if a case presented with
ultrasonography exopthalmos?
through upper eyelid
to assess retrobulbar
space; useful also if
severe oedema
, aka pink eye or new What is infectious bovine
forest eye; due to keratoconjunctivitis (IBK)?
moraxella bovis,
sometimes
mycoplasma; CS:
lacrimation,
photophobia,
blepharospasm,
corneal oedema,
neovascularization,
corneal ulceration,
abscessation;
common in summer
months with flies and
dust, feeders enable
close contact and
spread
cloxacillin topical How do you treat and
(start with better eye), prevent IBK?
oxytetracycline
systemic, bulbar
conjunctival injection
or oxytetracycline,
NSAID; most self
resolve but will be
accelerated with tx,
some cases leave
severe scarring and
reduced vision;
prevent with fly
control and isolation
of affected animals
