PU - WHAT'S THAT? GOLDEN RETRIEVER PIGMENTARY UVEITIS

12/17/2020
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Golden Retrievers develop an eye condition that practitioners should know about - Golden Retriever Pigmentary Uveitis (GRPU). This condition has an insidious onset, but early detection can be a key to avoiding glaucoma and vision loss.

Join in this session and learn about risk factors, how to recognize signs of GRPU on an ocular examination, keys to making a clinical diagnosis, treatment options, and breeding advice.

Original air date: December 17, 2020
Speaker: Wendy Townsend, DVM, MS, DACVO

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Learn more about Dr. Townsend’s CHF-funded research:
02590-A: Histologic characterization of Golden Retriever Pigmentary Uveitis
02569-MOU: Development of a Polygenic Risk Model for Pigmentary Uveitis in Golden Retrievers
01727-A: Emergence of Pigmentary Uveitis as a Potential Cause of Cataracts and Glaucoma

This webinar is sponsored by the Golden Retriever Foundation®.

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