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Menace response



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Tracking Response
(Cotton Ball Test)
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Light Perception
(Dazzle Response)
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"Light Perception/Dazzle response"
  • Light Perception/Dazzle response: sub cortical:


  • Even decerebrate animals have blind reflex to light
  • Mediated by a direct optic nerve afferent subcortical imput to the supraotic nuclei (ie hypothalamus) and superior colliculi.
    • ►afferent fibers to facial nuclei.
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Maze Testing
  • If eye appears normal, or insignificant cataract – but owners report poor vision.


  • Normal light
    • Obstacles (chairs and cones) note if patient can negotiate
  • Dark adaptation
    • Obstacles (chairs and cones) note if patient can negotiate – Sensitive test for nyctalopia (night blindness)
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Maze Testing
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The ElectroRetinoGram (ERG)
  • The only objective way to assess retinal function in animals.


  • Commonly used:
  • Pre-cataract surgery testing of retinal function.
  • Retinal testing of purebred young dogs, which may be used for breeding.
  • Diagnosis in sudden blindness (amaurosis).
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The ElectroRetinoGram (ERG)
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The ElectroRetinoGram (ERG)
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The ElectroRetinoGram (ERG)
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The ElectroRetinoGram (ERG)
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The ElectroRetinoGram (ERG)
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Pupillary Light Reflex



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Anisocoria



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Anisocoria
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Symphathetic Innvervation
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HORNER’S SYNDROME
(sympathetic denervation)



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HORNER’S SYNDROME
(pharmacological testing)



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Internal Ophthalmoplegia



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Internal Ophthalmoplegia
(pharmacological testing)



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Internal Ophthalmoplegia



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Palpebral Reflex



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Eyelid sensation
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Palpebral Reflex
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Corneal Reflex
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Corneal Reflex
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Neurotrophic (CN III) keratitis
 – vs neuroparalytic (CN VII) keratitis



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