A Case of Chronic Superficial Keratitis in a German Shepherd Dog

Year 2023, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 1 - 5, 20.06.2023

Yakup Kocaman

Abstract

Chronic superficial keratitis, known as Paunnus and Uberreitter's syndrome, is a progressive autoimmune eye disease, especially in German shepherd dogs, Belgian shepherd dogs and greyhound breed dogs. Although the cause of the disease is not exactly known, age, racial predisposition, ultraviolet radiation, high altitude and other eye diseases trigger the formation of pannus. Ocular defects in affected animals are non-infectious and respond to treatment based on topical steroids and immunosuppressive drugs. There is no complete cure for the disease. The aim of the treatment is to significantly improve the quality of life of patients by achieving a significant reduction in symptoms. A patient with bilateral conjunctivitis in the eye and vascularization, pigmentation, epithelial perforation in the cornea in a seven-year-old male German shepherd dog was brought to our hospital for treatment. The treatment was continued regularly for five weeks and a significant decrease in corneal symptoms was observed.

Keywords

Autoimmune, Keratitis, Pannus, Pigmentatio

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