Now in a two-volume Fourth Edition, Veterinary Ophthalmology offers unparalleled coverage of disease and treatment of the animal eye, including both medical and surgical management of ophthalmic problems in domestic, exotic and laboratory species.

For anyone with a special interest in veterinary or comparative ophthalmology, Veterinary Ophthalmology is an essential reference and a key addition to any specialist library.

With a host of international authors and full color illustrations throughout, the new edition carries on the tradition of excellence established in earlier editions.

Highlights of the Fourth Edition include:

• new discussions of noninvasive imaging technology
• gene and gene-mutation DNA tests for inherited retinal degenerations
• expanded chapters on equine and feline ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, and ophthalmic manifestations of systemic disease

Chapters on ophthalmic pathology, canine eyelid disease and surgery, canine glaucoma, lens and cataract surgery, and canine vitreoretinal surgery have also been significantly revised.

Section I: Basic Vision Sciences

1. Ocular Embryology and Congenital Malformations
2. Ophthalmic Anatomy
3. Physiology of the Eye
4. Physiology of Vision and Optics

Section II: Foundations of Clinical Ophthalmology

5. Immunology and the Eye
6. Microbiology and the Eye
7. Clinical Ophthalmic Pharmacology and Therapeutics
8. Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmic Pathology
9. Ophthalmic Examination and Diagnostics

Section III: Canine Ophthalmology

10. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Orbit
11. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Eyelid
12. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Nasolacrimal System
13. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Lacrimal Secretory System
14. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Conjunctiva and Nictitans
15. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Cornea and Sclera
16. The Canine Glaucomas
17. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Anterior Uvea
18. Diseases of the Canine Lens and Cataract Formation
19. Surgery of the Canine Lens
20. Diseases and Surgery of the Canine Vitreous
21. Diseases of the Canine Ocular Fundus
22. Surgery of the Canine Posterior Segment
23. Diseases of the Canine Optic Nerve

Section IV: Special Ophthalmology

24. Feline Ophthalmology
25. Equine Ophthalmology
26. Food Animal Ophthalmology
27. Laboratory Animal Ophthalmology
28. Exotic Animal Ophthalmology
29. Comparative Neuro-ophthalmology
30. Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

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