Regional Veterinary Surgery

ETIOLOGY

• There might be a hereditary predisposition.
• Toxins
• Senile changes attended with old age.
• As a sequelae of diseases of the eye like irirdocyclitis or systematic diseases like diabetes.

Prognosis

• For juvenile cataract seen in young animals, the prognosis is good.

Diagnosis

• The pupil is dilated by instilling tropicamide (2%) into the eye, in order to facilitate examination of the lens.
• The diagnosis can be made by using an ophthalmoscope