Ultrasound diagnosis of a pet's eye

Has your pet's vision deteriorated? Has it been diagnosed with an eye disease before? An eye ultrasound will show the seriousness of the problem. The veterinarian performs this non-invasive examination on the pet to examine the eyeball, the muscles that drive it, and the optic nerve.

This diagnostic method visualizes the structure, size, normal and abnormal components of the eye. With ultrasound, our veterinarians are able to detect the smallest tumors, narrowing of the tear ducts, effusion, and other pathologies.

When is an eye ultrasound prescribed for a dog, cat or rodent?

An ophthalmologic examination is necessary to analyze the vision status of small pets. Eye ultrasound in a cat, dog and other pets is prescribed in the following cases:

• The patient has an abnormality in the structure of the eye itself or its vessels from birth.
• The cornea, vitreous body or lens is cloudy.
• The eye has been injured, for example, the lens has been dislocated or subluxated.
• The veterinarian or caregiver assumes a foreign body has entered the eye.
• Cataract, optic nerve inflammation or retinal detachment is suspected.
• There has been a displacement of the eyeball.

Diagnosis is also relevant if the animal requires ophthalmic surgery. Ultrasound examination of the eye reveals changes that have occurred in the vitreous body and pathologies of the motor muscles.

Ophthalmologic ultrasound at our veterinary clinic

Veterinary Hospital Animal Clinic International provides animals with diagnostic services at the highest level of humane medicine. Our veterinary clinic's high-precision equipment has impressive capabilities:

• Identify neoplasms and monitor their condition.
• Examine the eye cavity if the optical media of the eye is cloudy.
• Detect and accurately determine the location of trauma, as well as the location of a foreign body in the eye.
• Establish retinal detachment.
• Diagnose hemorrhage, vitreous adhesion, nerve or oculomotor muscle disease.

Los Angeles caregivers trust our veterinarians to diagnose their pets ophthalmologically because it is as informative, completely safe and painless as possible. There is no need to prepare for the procedure, and there are no contraindications to it.