Insect defensive spray-induced keratitis in a dog

Dziezyc, J.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 200(12): 1969

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488
PMID: 1639705
Document Number: 391615
Ulcerative keratitis was seen in a dog after it had been sprayed in the face by the larger striped walking stick, Anisomorpha buprestoides. This insect had defensive glands from which it can spray a secretion that is lachrymogenic and irritating.

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