Nguyen Laison, Boorstein Justin, Wynn Elizabeth R, Welihozkiy Anja, Baldwin Terri, Stine Jessica M, Miller Michau Tammy
BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Tampa, FL, USA.
BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Vet Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan;25(1):31-43. doi: 10.1111/vop.12913. Epub 2021 Jun 27.
Report of prevalence and type of ocular disease in a captive population of nondomestic felids.
Medical records of 202 cats from 1993 to 2018 were reviewed. Species, age at diagnosis, sex, ocular examination abnormalities, systemic/physical examination abnormalities, type of examination (visual, sedated, or anesthetized), ocular structures affected, other diagnostics, therapy, and resolution of ocular disease were recorded.
A total of 202 nondomestic felids including 18 different species (bobcat, caracal, cougar, Fishing cat, Geoffroy's cat, jaguar, jungle cat, leopard, leopard cat, liger, lion, lynx, ocelot, Sand cat, Savannah cat, serval, snow leopard, and tiger) from a rescue facility were evaluated. Forty-six ocular lesions were diagnosed in 33 (16.3%) cats from 8 different species (bobcat, caracal, cougar, leopard, lion, ocelot, serval, and tiger) with a mean age of 16 ± 5.9 years at time of diagnosis. Ocular lesions included corneal disease (37%) (ulcerations, perforations, keratitis, corneal scars), cataracts (23.9%), hyphema (8.7%), lens luxation (6.5%), retinal detachment (6.5%), uveitis (4.3%), conjunctival disease (4.3%), retinal degeneration (2.1%), glaucoma (2.1%), and optic neuritis (2.1%). Therapies included medical (topical antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, serum, etc.) and/or surgical management (enucleation, intracapsular lens extraction, corneoconjunctival transposition, and corneal burr debridement).
To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of the prevalence of ocular disease in a population of captive nondomestic felids. It is difficult to diagnose and treat ocular disease in nondomestic cats due to challenges related to handling, diagnostics, and therapeutics in nondomestic species. Ocular disease seen in this population is similar to that found in domestic cat populations.
报告圈养非家养猫科动物眼部疾病的患病率及类型。
回顾了1993年至2018年202只猫的病历。记录了物种、诊断时的年龄、性别、眼部检查异常、全身/体格检查异常、检查类型（视力、镇静或麻醉）、受影响的眼部结构、其他诊断、治疗以及眼部疾病的转归。
共评估了来自一个救援机构的202只非家养猫科动物，包括18个不同物种（山猫、狞猫、美洲狮、渔猫、乔氏猫、美洲豹、丛林猫、豹、豹猫、狮虎兽、狮子、猞猁、豹猫、沙猫、薮猫、雪豹和老虎）。在来自8个不同物种（山猫、狞猫、美洲狮、豹、狮子、豹猫、薮猫和老虎）的33只（16.3%）猫中诊断出46处眼部病变，诊断时的平均年龄为16±5.9岁。眼部病变包括角膜疾病（37%）（溃疡、穿孔、角膜炎、角膜瘢痕）、白内障（23.9%）、前房积血（8.7%）、晶状体脱位（6.5%）、视网膜脱离（6.5%）、葡萄膜炎（4.3%）、结膜疾病（4.3%）、视网膜变性（2.1%）、青光眼（2.1%）和视神经炎（2.1%）。治疗方法包括药物治疗（局部抗生素、抗炎药、血清等）和/或手术治疗（眼球摘除、囊内晶状体摘除、角膜结膜转位和角膜毛刺清创术）。
据作者所知，这是关于圈养非家养猫科动物群体中眼部疾病患病率的首次报告。由于非家养物种在处理、诊断和治疗方面存在挑战，非家养猫的眼部疾病难以诊断和治疗。该群体中出现的眼部疾病与家猫群体中发现的疾病相似。
