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|q1=What is this lesion?
 
|q1=What is this lesion?
 
|a1=Cataract due to prior uveitis and subsequent posterior synechiae.
 
|a1=Cataract due to prior uveitis and subsequent posterior synechiae.
|l1=Equine Recurrent Uveitis
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|q2=The horse is performing adequately. Do you recommend purchase?
 
|q2=The horse is performing adequately. Do you recommend purchase?
 
|a2=No. Subsequent episodes of uveitis would be likely in the left eye, and very possibly as a future problem in the right eye. <br><br>
 
|a2=No. Subsequent episodes of uveitis would be likely in the left eye, and very possibly as a future problem in the right eye. <br><br>
 
Over 50% of horses will have uveitis as a bilateral condition in time. <br><br>
 
Over 50% of horses will have uveitis as a bilateral condition in time. <br><br>
 
Traumatic uveitis may have caused the left eye lesion, but unless you actually attended the trauma, medicolegal logic dictates a failed soundness examination.
 
Traumatic uveitis may have caused the left eye lesion, but unless you actually attended the trauma, medicolegal logic dictates a failed soundness examination.
|l2=Equine Recurrent Uveitis
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|l2=Corneal Ulcer - Horse
 
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Revision as of 18:10, 5 June 2011


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During a pre-purchase (soundness) examination of a six-year-old Quarterhorse, the left eye appears normal. However, the right eye appears as in the image.


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