Офтальмологические проявления герпесвирусной инфекции у собак

Abstract

This article describes the main aspects of the epizootology and pathogenesis of Cahv-1 (canine herpesvirus), also, the clinical forms of manifestations of pathology in dogs of different ages and physiological status are described. Particular attention is paid to ocular pathologies developing at Cahv-1, such as herpetic conjunctivitis, blepharitis, ulcerative and stromal keratitis. The features of the diagnosis and differentiation of these pathologies are described. The systematic and local medicines used by us in the practice of treating dogs with herpetic eye, the principles and algorithms of their prescription are presented. The difficulties of diagnostics Cahv-1 are described, and the reasons for frequent false-negative results during PCR explained in the article. Besides additional laboratory verification methods for Cahv-1 as well as methods of prevention of herpetic infection of dogs are indicated.