Abstract

Conclusions: CXL can be performed in standing, sedated horses. We did not observe any deleterious effects attributed to riboflavin or UVA irradiation per se during the follow-up, neither in horses with infectious nor aseptic ulcerative keratitis. These data support that CXL can be performed in the standing horse, but further studies are required to compare CXL to conventional medical treatment in equine keratitis and to optimize the CXL protocol in this species.

Keywords

Equine; Horse; Keratitis; Corneal ulceration; Cross-linking; Cross linking; Collagen; CXL; UVA; Riboflavin; Stromal melting

Published in

BMC Veterinary Research
2013, Volume: 9, article number: 128

SLU Authors

• Hellander Edman, Anna

  • Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Ekesten, Björn

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Other Veterinary Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-128

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/57348