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O CULAR D ISORDERS OF 809 F RENCH B ULLDOGS Ingrid Allgoewer Animal Eye Clinic, Berlin, Germany Conclusions: Popularity and ownership of the French Bulldog is rising steeply. To date French Bulldogs constitute almost 9% of the canine patients in our clinic. In view of the fact that the French Bulldog is estimated to be currently the most registered breed in the UK (O´Neill et.al. 2018) it seems worthwhile to be familiar with the ocular disorder profile of this breed. In our population ocular surface disorders are by far the most common ocular problems in the French Bulldogs followed by cataracts. 322 112 193 182 MALE CASTR. MALE FEMALE SP. FEMALE number of dogs Gender of French Bulldogs n = 809 10 11,1 11,6 13 45 76,6 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 CONJUNCTIVITIS DISTICHIA PROLAPSED NICITANS GLAND CATARACT TEAR FILM DISEASE KERATITIS [%] Most Common Ocular Disorders in French Bulldogs 39,8% 13,8% 23,9% 22,5% Purpose: To characterize the ophthalmic disorders of French Bulldogs. 1,9 0,8 0,6 0,5 1,3 1,3 0,9 1,0 1,5 1,4 1,9 2,1 3,1 4,4 5,1 6,0 6,8 7,0 8,7 8,9 0,0 2,0 4,0 6,0 8,0 10,0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 French Bulldogs [%] years Percentage of French Bulldogs in our canine eye patients 2000-2019 Results: 809 French Bulldogs were included. The percentage of French Bulldogs in the total canine patients in our clinic rose from 1.9 to 8.9% over 18 years. The age ranged between 24 days and 16 years. The most common diagnoses were keratitis 76,6% (SCEED 31%, melting ulcer 19%, stromal keratitis 16.3%, pigmentary keratitis 5.3%, granulomatous keratitis 5.2% ) tear film disorders 45% (quantitative KCS 16.2%, qualitative KCS 28.8%), cataract 13%, prolapsed nictitans gland 11.6%, distichia 11.1% and conjunctivitis 10%. 249 dogs had SCEED, their mean age was 6.8 y (median 6.7 y). The cataracts were predominantly anterior cortical (75%) while 30% were mature. Methods: Records of 809 French Bulldogs presented from 2000-2018 were retrospectively evaluated. 5 5 5 7 10 11 11 13 15 16 17 22 26 29 42 42 43 47 48 50 72 81 90 94 105 131 132 154 233 249 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 VITREOUS DEGENERATION MPP RETINAL DYSPLASIA EPISCLERITIS IRIS MELANOMA FOREIGN BODY GONIODYSPLASIA EXCISED NICTITANS/NICTITANS GLAND OPTIC NEURITIS CONJUNCTIVAL PAPILLOMA LACRIMAL PUNCTUM AGENESIS FACIAL NERVE LESION ECTOPIC CILIA IRIS CYSTS GRANULOMATOUS KERATITIS DERMOID PIGMENTARY KERATITIS CORNEAL DYSTROPHY ALLERGY PERFORATION TRAUMA CONJUNCTIVITIS DISTICHIA PROLAPSED NICTITANS GLAND CATARACT KCS CHRONIC KERATITIS MELTING ULCER QUALITATIVE TEAR FILM DISEASE SCEED number of dogs Ocular Disorders in French Bulldogs n=809 mean 6.7y median 6.8y 9 26 5 13 number of dogs Dermoids 42 of 809 dogs diagnosed with dermoids corneal conjunctival corneo-conj. lid 51 49 97 75 19 30 [%] n=105 Cataracts in French Bulldogs 105 of 809 dogs diagnosed with cataracts bilateral unilateral cortical ant.cortical post.cortical mature
