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INTAS POLIVET
Year : 2016, Volume : 17, Issue : 2
First page : ( 461) Last page : ( 462)
Print ISSN : 0972-1738. Online ISSN : 2249-8796.

Management of Ocular Setariasis in Horse by Needle Paracentesis Techniques

Selvakkumar R.*, Kumar S. Ganesh, Anuradha P.

Instructional Livestock Farm Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI), Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Tirunelveli-627358, Hebbal

*Corresponding author E-mail: skmrps@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

A thread like worm having strong movement in anterior chamber of left eye was noticed in a thoroughbred mare. The eye worm was removed under general anesthesia with surgical site at 5 o’ clock on the corneal limbus. Microscopic examination of eye worm revealed Setaria. The horse recovered uneventfully without any complications.

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Keywords

Eye worm, horse, needle paracentesis, setariosis.

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