COSTA, L. R. L.; COSTA, Luana Raianne Luciano da.
Resumo:
With the increasing number of dogs and cats in the world, as well as the life
expectancy of these, the senile and hereditary diseases are increasingly
common in routine veterinarian. The progressive retinal atrophy is a disease
increasingly present today, and is closely linked to cases of secondary cataract
in some breeds of dogs. It's important to know the primary method of diagnosis
for this disease, electroretinography, races involved, forms of the disease as
well as clinical signs presented in order to avoid unnecessary surgical
interventions, since the disease has no treatment, and advise breeders of
purebred how to perform the control of the herd to prevent the spread of this
disease. The objective of this study was to conduct a literature review on the
different types of progressive retinal atrophy in dogs.