Horse A - Unilateral watery ocular discharge. The tear duct had been flushed in the past.
Horse B - The left eye tears from blocked nasolacrimal duct.
Horse B - The left eye tears from blocked nasolacrimal duct.
Horse B - The opening of the nasolacrimal duct just inside the nostril is where the tears drain.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts of this horse are blocked with tear overflow in both eyes but worse in the right eye. The plan is to treat these eyes with only a steroid ophthalmic ointment and reassess in a day.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts of this horse are blocked with tear overflow in both eyes but worse in the right eye. The plan is to treat these eyes with only a steroid ophthalmic ointment and reassess in a day.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts 12 hours after receiving the ophthalmic steroid ointment. The tear overflow from the lower lids has diminished and there is a little moisture at the duct opening. The medial canthus (corner) of the right eye also looks less inflamed.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts 12 hours after receiving the ophthalmic steroid ointment. The tear overflow from the lower lids has diminished and there is a little moisture at the duct opening. The medial canthus (corner) of the right eye also looks less inflamed.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts 12 hours after receiving the ophthalmic steroid ointment. The tear overflow from the lower lids has diminished and there is a little moisture at the duct opening. The medial canthus (corner) of the right eye also looks less inflamed.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts 12 hours after receiving the ophthalmic steroid ointment. The tear overflow from the lower lids has diminished and there is a little moisture at the duct opening. The medial canthus (corner) of the right eye also looks less inflamed.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts of this horse are blocked with tear overflow in both eyes but worse in the right eye. The plan is to treat these eyes with only a steroid ophthalmic ointment and reassess in a day. Here are the ducts of each nostril showing no drainage from the small slit opening onto the dark skin below it.
Horse J - The nasolacrimal ducts of this horse are blocked with tear overflow in both eyes but worse in the right eye. The plan is to treat these eyes with only a steroid ophthalmic ointment and reassess in a day. Here are the ducts of each nostril showing no drainage from the small slit opening onto the dark skin below it.
A blocked nasolacrimal duct of the left eye with mild purulent material. Note that the eye does not look painful and only affects this horse’s left eye.
A blocked nasolacrimal duct of the left eye with mild purulent material. Note that the eye does not look painful and only affects this horse’s left eye.
