2005
DOI: 10.5380/avs.v10i2.4427
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Retinal Degeneration in a Pit Bull Dog: Electroretinographic Findings

Abstract: -Electroretinogram (ERG) is a non-invasive electrophysiologic test widely used in both human and veterinary ophthalmology to evaluate retinal function. Case report: due to recent cases of severe visual impairment in Pit Bull dogs in our clinic, we decided to evaluate the retinal function by full-field ERG in a 5-month-old male Pit Bull dog whose owner have noticed visual impairment since 40 days of age. Under general anesthesia, the dog was submitted to full-field ERG testing, according to ISCEV (International… Show more

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“…ERG recordings are influenced by many factors, such as pupil size, dark adaptation time, electrodes, stimulus intensity, age, breed (Hérbert et al 1996, Marmor et al (Maehara et al 2007), glaucoma (Ofri et al 1993) retinal hereditary degenerations (Safatle et al 2005) or diabetic retinopathy (Bresnick & Palta 1987, Layton et al 2007. In this survey, studied animals did not present any other systemic or ophthalmic disorder then diabetes and mature or hypermature cataracts; each subject was submitted to the same protocol, including dark adaptation time, electrodes, ERG machine, stimulus intensity, sedation protocol and fully pupil dilatation.…”
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“…ERG recordings are influenced by many factors, such as pupil size, dark adaptation time, electrodes, stimulus intensity, age, breed (Hérbert et al 1996, Marmor et al (Maehara et al 2007), glaucoma (Ofri et al 1993) retinal hereditary degenerations (Safatle et al 2005) or diabetic retinopathy (Bresnick & Palta 1987, Layton et al 2007. In this survey, studied animals did not present any other systemic or ophthalmic disorder then diabetes and mature or hypermature cataracts; each subject was submitted to the same protocol, including dark adaptation time, electrodes, ERG machine, stimulus intensity, sedation protocol and fully pupil dilatation.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…This exam has already shown itself of great importance in small animals, although it can also be used in large (Komaromy et al 2003) and exotic animals (Hendrix & Sims 2004). In dogs, ERG is mostly utilized for preoperative evaluation of patients presenting cataracts, for the characterization of disturbances causing blindness (Ekesten 2007) like glaucoma, achromatopsia (Rubin 1971, Hurn et al 2003, retinal dysplasias, degenerative retinopathies (Safatle et al 2005), optic nerve hypoplasia, sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome or neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (Narfström 2006), besides its use in dogs as animal models for scientific protocols (PetersenJones et al 2006). Nowadays, the most performed ERG protocol in animals was suggested by the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmology (ECVO) in 2002 and consists on 4 distinct responses (rod, maximal, cones and flicker response) (Narfström et al 2002).…”
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“…Essa resposta é complexa, pois é o resultado do conjunto da atividade de milhões de células retinianas (BIRCH, 1989;BIRCH & ANDERSON, 1992;DANTAS, 1995;YANASE & OGAWA, 1997). A sua importância se dá por tratar-se de meio diagnóstico objetivo (TZEKOV & ARDEN, 1999), não invasivo (SAFATLE et al, 2005) e capaz de avaliar a função retiniana, detectando precocemente lesões nas suas camadas mais externas (MARMOR & ZRENNER, 1998;KOMAROMY et al, 1998a). Por ser o método de diagnóstico mais preciso para se avaliar a função da retina (KOMAROMY et al, 1998a), tem inúmeras aplicações, tanto na Medicina Humana, como na Medicina Veterinária.…”
Section: Eletrorretinograma (Erg) é Um Meio Diagnóstico Objetivo Nãounclassified
“…Em cães, as indicações mais comuns para ERG são: avaliação pré-cirúrgica de pacientes com catarata, caracterização de distúrbios que causam cegueira como glaucoma, acromatopsia (KOMAROMY et al, 1998b;RUBIN, 1971;SIMS, 1999), displasia retiniana, retinopatias degenerativas (OFRI et al, 1993;SAFATLE et al, 2005), hipoplasia de nervo óptico, degeneração retiniana repentina adquirida e lipofuccinose ceroide neuronal (NARFSTRÖM et al, 2007). As avaliações eletrorretinográficas em cães propiciam também um importante modelo para o estudo da distrofia retiniana que acomete o homem (PETERSEN-JONES et al, 2006).…”
Section: Eletrorretinograma (Erg) é Um Meio Diagnóstico Objetivo Nãounclassified