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EYE |
| progressive retinal atrophy or degeneration |
.Familial blindness in cats and dogs
known as progressive retinal atrophy (or degeneration). This is more
common in Persians, and work is being at Davis in Leslie Lyons' lab,
funded by the Winn Foundation.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1344&articleid=342
(you may need to copy and paste to link)
(thank you to Susan Sehn
11/06)
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RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE - (ARRP)
and other
degenerative eye disease |
Genetic work being done on RP at Davis,
but it is common in other pedigreed (domestic) cat breeds, esp. the
Abyssinian. This link asks you to open a document that details the
studies being done on animals (cats) to understand eye problems and
blindness. The model used for ARRP is the Aby found in Section: V-B1
http://www.retina-international.org/sci-news/animmod.doc
(you may need to copy and paste to
link) needs word or other program.
(thank you to Susan Sehn
11/06)
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Autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy (Rdy)
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00914.x
(you may need to copy and paste to link)
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| Persistant Pupillary Membrane (PPM) |
http://www.vmdb.org/dx1.html
(thank you to Pam Smithson 1/08) |