Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1970 · 24 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary ParasitologyOcular DiseaseOcular PathologyVeterinary Parasitic DiseasesEye DiseaseInfectious Eye DiseaseParasitic Disease DiagnosisParasitic Disease PathogenesisParasitic DiseasesParasitic Eye InfectionsBilateral Ocular InvolvementLeishmanial Ocular DiseaseLeishmaniasis PathologyOcular Parasitic DiseaseParasitic Eye DiseaseParasitic Ocular DiseaseParasitic Ocular PathologyVisceral Leishmaniasis
SUMMARY Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) was diagnosed in a 6-year-old female dog from northern Virginia. The disease was confined to the eyes and adjacent tissues and was manifested as a severe bilateral endophthalmitis and associated blepharitis. Leishmania donovani was cultured from conjunctival swab, eyelid, anterior chamber, and vitreous body.