Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Traumatic brain injury manifested as optic neuropathy in the horse: A commentary and clinical case
- Journal:
- Equine Veterinary Education
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Brooks, D. E. et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences University of Florida Gainesville USA · United States
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Summary Blindness from head trauma is a serious debilitating disease in the horse. It appears that blunt trauma to the skull results in intracranial injury to the optic nerve at the optic chiasm from mechanical and vascular mechanisms. Systemically administered iron and calcium chelation therapy may enable some horses to recover vision.
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