Keratitis in reindeer. Relation to bacterial infections
Rehbinder, C.; Glatthard, V.
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 18(1): 54-64
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-605X PMID: 848405 Document Number: 123306
In forest reindeer of northern Sweden outbreaks of keratitis regularly appeared in the height of summer in connexion with marking of the calves. In forest reindeer conjunctival and corneal lesions, primarily due to foreign bodies and trauma, were common. In addition, numerous bacteria were present in the conjunctival sacs of clinically healthy as well as diseased animals. The abundance of bacteria and the conjunctival and corneal lesions seemed to be favoured by the herding conditions of the forest reindeer, and together they acted as aetiological factors in keratitis.