Retrospective Analysis of Feline Ocular Diseases: Insights into Prevalence, Breed Predispositions, and Anatomical Localizations in a Veterinary Hospital in the Northeastern Anatolian Region of Turkey: 310 Cases (2016-2023)

Year 2024, Volume: 21 Issue: 3, 168 - 175, 02.12.2024

Ayşe Gölgeli Bedir , Latif Emrah Yanmaz , Sıtkıcan Okur , Mümin Gökhan Şenocak , Ferda Turgut Yakup Kocaman , Ömer Tarık Orhun , Ugur Ersoz , Elif Doğan , Zafer Okumuş , Büşra Baykal

https://doi.org/10.32707/ercivet.1587417

Abstract

In this retrospective investigation, the medical records of feline patients exhibiting ocular symptoms were comprehensively collected from Atatürk University, Veterinary Faculty, Animal Hospital over the period ranging from 2016 to 2023. A complete investigation was carried out a total of 427 cases with ocular disease observed in 310 cats. A statistical analysis was made to identify patterns associated with breed, age, gender, and anatomical localization. No evidence of gender predisposition to ocular diseases was found, while a higher incidence was noted in kittens aged 0-6 months, resulting in 57.4% of cases. In relation to breed predisposition, it was observed that ocular diseases demon-strated a higher prevalence among Mix breed and British shorthair cat breeds. The predominant conditions observed within patients were adnexa diseases, which represented 50.2% of cases, followed by nasolacrimal system disorders, which represented 27.9% of cases. In summary, it was shown that brachycephalic breeds presented a higher preva-lence of nasolacrimal disorders, whereas mix breed breeds indicated a higher incidence of ocular diseases.

Keywords

Adnexa, British shorthair, cat, eye, nasolacrimal

Kedi Oküler Hastalıklarının Retrospektif Analizi: Türkiye'nin Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Bölgesindeki Bir Veteriner Hastanesinde Prevalans, Irk Yatkınlıkları ve Anatomik Lokalizasyonlara İlişkin Görüşler: 310 Vaka (2016-2023)

Abstract

Bu retrospektif araştırmada, Atatürk Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Hayvan Hastanesi'nden 2016-2023 yılları arasında oküler semptomlar gösteren kedi hastalarının tıbbi kayıtları kapsamlı bir şekilde toplandı. Toplam 310 hastada gözlenen 427 oküler hastalık vakası üzerinde tam bir inceleme yapıldı. Irk, yaş, cinsiyet ve anatomik lokalizasyon ile ilişkili kalıpları belirlemek için istatistiksel bir analiz yapıldı. Oküler hastalıklara cinsiyet yatkınlığına dair bir kanıt bulun-mazken, 0-6 aylık yavru kedilerde vakaların %57.4'ünü oluşturan daha yüksek bir insidansda olduğu belirlendi. Irk yat-kınlığı ile ilgili olarak, oküler hastalıkların Mix breed ve British shorthair kedi ırkları arasında daha yüksek bir prevalans gösterdiği gözlemlendi. Hastalarda gözlemlenen baskın hastalıklar, vakaların %50.2'sini temsil eden adneksa has-talıkları olup, bunu vakaların %27.9'unu temsil eden nazolakrimal sistem bozuklukları izledi. Özetle, brakisefalik ırklar-da nazolakrimal bozuklukların daha yüksek prevalans gösterdiği, melez ırklarda ise oküler hastalıkların daha yüksek insidans gösterdiği belirlendi.

Keywords

British shorthair, göz, göz kapakları, kedi, nasolakrimal

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