JFMS cover photo 11 - Lipid-laden Aqueous

September 25, 2009

 
From the collection of 
Dr Andy Sparkes BVetMed PhD DipECVIM MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine

Lipemic Aqueous - Problem Based Feline Medicine
by Jacquie Rand
Elsevier Saunders 2006

Classical signs:

  • Eye may suddenly become very cloudy with a "milky appearance".
  • Unilateral or bilateral.
    Idiopathic in Burmese cats associated with hyperlipidemia.
  • May occur in cats with uveitis that are on a high-fat diet.

 

Lipaemia of the aqueous humour 
From: FabCats.org

 
Many Burmese cats (>50 cases in the UK) in the UK, Australia and New Zealand have been seen to develop a transient milky appearance to one or both of their eyes. Affected cats have all been between 5 months and a year of age more...