Eyes

Examination of eyes

1. Surrounding area

2. Eyelids

3. Palpebral fissure

4. Eyeball

5. Conjunctiva

6. Nictating membrane

7. Sclera

8. Cornea

9. Iris

10. Lens

11. Eye function

Examination of surrounding area

1. Swelling: No swelling

2. Injuries: No injuries or lesions

3. Parasites: No parasites

4. Discharge: No discharge or Small amount of dried secretion

Examination of eyelids

1. Size: Normal size

2. Position: Normal position

3. Symmetry: symmetrical

4. Movement: normal movement

5. Injuries: No injuries

Examination of palpebral fissure

1. Normal

Examination of eyeball

1. Size: Normopthalmus

2. Position: Normal position

3. Direction: No squint/strabismus

4. Movement: Normal movement, No nystagmus

Examination of conjunctiva

1. Color: pink

2. Surface: Smooth & Shiny

3. Moisture: Moist

4. Increase in size: No swelling

5. Injuries: No injuries

6. Discharge: No discharge

7. Efflorescences: No efflorescences

Examination of nictating membrane

1. Color: Pink

2. Moisture: Moist

3. Shininess: Shiny

4. Position: Normal

5. Shape: normal

Examination of sclera

1. Color: White

2. Surface: Smooth

3. Episcleral vessels: Adequately dilated

Examination of cornea

1. Reflectiveness: Reflective

2. Smoothness: Smooth

3. Regularity: Regular

4. Transparency: Transparent

5. Bulging: No bulging

6. Presence of deposited material: No deposited material

Examination of iris

1. Color: Breed typical

2. Pigmentation: Normal

3. Shape: Isocoria

4. Pupillary reflex: Light cause miosis

Examination of lens

1. Transparency: Transparent

2. Position: Normal

Examination of eye function

Should not hit things when guided

Waving or pointing cause closing of eye

Closed eyelids due to muscle paralysis

Ptosis

Inversion of eyelids

Entropion

Eversion of eyelids

Ectropion

An extra row of eyelashes growing directly from the orifice of the glands

Distichiasis

Increased size of eye

Macropthalmos

Decreased size of eye

Micropthalmos

Protrusion of the eyeball out of orbit

Exophthalmos

Retraction of the eyeball into orbit

Enopthalmos

Rapid jerky movement of the eye, horizontal or vertical

Nystagmus

Bulging of the whole cornea

Keratoglobus

Local bulging of the cornea

Keratoconus

Reduced bulging of cornea

Aplanatio cornea

Inflammation of cornea

Keratitis

Pus in the anterior chamber of the eye

Hypopyon

Different coloration of one iris

Heterochromia

Opacity of the lens

Cataract