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<p>Eosinophilic keratitis is a disease occurring in cats, horses and rabbits. Its clinical signs include blepharo-spasm, discharge, chemosis, conjunctival hyperaemia and the presence of corneal ulceration. The typical signs of the disease are white to pink plaques on the cornea accompanied with keratitis. The diagnosis of the disease has to be confirmed with cytology examination and the presence of eosinophils and mast cells in the specimen. Local application of corticosteroids and cyclosporine has good therapeutic effect and has been recommended in all affected species. In samples collected from cats, the presence of feline herpes virus DNA has been reported. Eosinophilic keratitis might be caused by an aberrant immune response or reaction to unknown allergic stimuli. The primary cause of the disease is currently unknown.</p>
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Eosinophilic keratitis is a disease occurring in cats, horses and rabbits. Its clinical signs include blepharo-spasm, discharge, chemosis, conjunctival hyperaemia and the presence of corneal ulceration. The typical signs of the disease are white to pink plaques on the cornea accompanied with keratitis. The diagnosis of the disease has to be confirmed with cytology examination and the presence of eosinophils and mast cells in the specimen. Local application of corticosteroids and cyclosporine has good therapeutic effect and has been recommended in all affected species. In samples collected from cats, the presence of feline herpes virus DNA has been reported. Eosinophilic keratitis might be caused by an aberrant immune response or reaction to unknown allergic stimuli. The primary cause of the disease is currently unknown.

Feline Eosinophilic Keratitis—A Review

Small Animals Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice

Folia Veterinaria

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Eosinophilic keratitis is a disease occurring in cats, horses and rabbits. Its clinical signs include blepharo-spasm, discharge, chemosis, conjunctival...

Feline Eosinophilic Keratitis—A Review

Published Online: Oct 05, 2021

Page range: 75 - 79

Received: Jul 08, 2021

Accepted: Sep 14, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fv-2021-0030

Keywords
corneal plaque, cyclosporine, feline eosinophilic keratitis

© 2021 A. Balicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Feline Eosinophilic Keratitis—A Review

Published Online: Oct 05, 2021

Page range: 75 - 79

Received: Jul 08, 2021

Accepted: Sep 14, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fv-2021-0030

Keywordscorneal plaque, cyclosporine, feline eosinophilic keratitis

© 2021 A. Balicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
corneal plaque, cyclosporine, feline eosinophilic keratitis