Mohamed Tharwat1,2 and Omar El-Tookhy3
1Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
Qassim University, P.O. Box 6622, Buraidah, 51452, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt
3Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
ABSTRACT
The camel eye appears to be aspheric in shape and smaller than that of cattle and horse. The axial length of the globe is shorter than the sagittal length. Corneal thickness differs significantly between the right and left eyes, gender and age. Axial and sagittal readings are significantly different between male and female camels and between the two age groups. Lens diameter is statistically significant with age. The use of diagnostic veterinary ocular ultrasonography is currently considered as a rapid noninvasive modality that provides a detailed view of the intraocular components and soft tissues surrounding the orbit. This review article is written to describe the results of ocular ultrasonography in healthy camels as well as in camels with some ocular disorders. Ocular affections in dromedaries are blepharitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis, corneal wounds, panophthalmitis, corneal opacity, eye lids laceration, xerophthalmia, ruptured eyeball, prolapse of third eyelid, descemetocele, subconjunctival hemorrhage, cataract, glaucoma, retinal detachment and blindness. From the clinical point of view, by ultrasonography the clinician can get detailed information for diagnosis of various ocular problems such as keratitis, cataract, glaucoma, penetrating corneal wounds, retinal detachment and blindness.
Key words: Camels, dromedary, eye, imaging, ultrasonography
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