Protecting horses from injuries and illness will also help keep his eyes safe, writes Karen Elizabeth Baril. She reviews potential eye hazards, signs of eye troubles and equine eye emergencies.
Equine eye injuries always warrant a call to your veterinarian – Alyssa Warneke, DVM
Source: EQUUS, April 1, 2019. Link. Basil shares some of the most common equine eye injuries:
- Foreign object in the eye
- Orbital bone fracture
- Eyelid laceration
- Corneal injury
- Persistently watery eye
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