Saroglu Murat, Yucel Rauf, Aktas Mustafa
University of Istanbul, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery Department, Avcilar/Istanbul, Turkey.
Vet Ophthalmol. 2003 Dec;6(4):337-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2003.00305.x.
Ostriches lack meibom glands, but have small lacrimal glands ventral to the lateral canthus, with ductules that open into the inside of the lower eyelid. Chalazion is a chronic granulomatous inflammation of the meibom glands that may develop from blockage of the ductules into the conjunctiva. A 2-year-old female ostrich presented with chronic granulomatous conjunctivitis, with clinical and histopathologic findings similar to chalazion of other species. The granulomatous dacryoadenitic mass was excised and no recurrence occurred at 4 months. This is the first case of chronic granulomatous conjunctivitis reported in the ostrich.
