A Retrospective Study of Primary Glaucoma in Dogs: 43 cases (2006 ~ 2009)

개에서 발생한 원발성 녹내장 43례 (2006 ~ 2009)

  • Park, Young-Woo (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jeong, Man-Bok (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Shin-Ae (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Won-Tae (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Se-Eun (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ahn, Jae-Sang (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Seo, Kang-Moon (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University)
  • 박영우 (서울대학교 수의과대학, BK21 수의과학연구인력양성단, 수의안과학교실) ;
  • 정만복 (서울대학교 수의과대학, BK21 수의과학연구인력양성단, 수의안과학교실) ;
  • 박신애 (서울대학교 수의과대학, BK21 수의과학연구인력양성단, 수의안과학교실) ;
  • 김원태 (서울대학교 수의과대학, BK21 수의과학연구인력양성단, 수의안과학교실) ;
  • 김세은 (서울대학교 수의과대학, BK21 수의과학연구인력양성단, 수의안과학교실) ;
  • 안재상 (서울대학교 수의과대학, BK21 수의과학연구인력양성단, 수의안과학교실) ;
  • 서강문 (서울대학교 수의과대학, BK21 수의과학연구인력양성단, 수의안과학교실)
  • Accepted : 2011.12.13
  • Published : 2012.02.29

Abstract

To determine the prevalence of the primary glaucoma (PG) and occurrence of primary glaucoma in initially non-affected normal eye. Medical records of 7751 dogs presented to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) of Seoul National University (SNU) between January 2006 and December 2009 were examined. Among 7751 dogs, forty three dogs (0.55%) developed PG. The following breeds were included in the study: 18 American Cocker Spaniels, 17 Shih Tzus, 3 Mixed Breeds, 2 Malteses, 2 Pekingeses, and 1 Chow Chow. The mean onset age of PG in the first eyes was $7.1{\pm}2.3$ years in the all breeds. Compared with Mixed Breed (0.54%), American Cocker Spaniel (3.16%, p = 0.004) and Chow Chow (20%, p = 0.001) had a higher risk of developing glaucoma. Twenty six of 43 dogs (60.1%) were females with male-to-female ratio of 1:1.53. Twenty nine of 33 eyes (87.9%) developed glaucoma in the fellow eye within mean ${\pm}SD$ time of $17.5{\pm}2.7$ months. From this study, American Cocker Spaniel and Shih Tzu were the most frequent PG breed in Korea. Also, unilateral PG dogs developed glaucoma in the non-affected normal eye within approximately 17 months. The results indicate that prophylactic medical therapy with antiglaucoma agents should be considered to delay or prevent developing glaucoma in non-affected normal eye.

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