Olfaction evaluation in dogs with sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome

• Published in: Veterinary ophthalmology Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 127 - 138
• Main Authors: Abrams, Kenneth L., Ward, Daniel A., Sabiniewicz, Agnieszka, Hummel, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Animals; blindness; Blindness - etiology; Blindness - veterinary; body weight; cell membranes; cyclic nucleotides; Dog Diseases - diagnosis; Dogs; dysosmia; electroretinogram; endocrinopathy; Eugenol; G-proteins; Humans; hyposmia; odor compounds; olfactory disorders; olfactory receptors; olfactory threshold; ophthalmology; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; retinal degeneration; Retinal Degeneration - diagnosis; Retinal Degeneration - veterinary; Smell; steroidogenesis; Syndrome; electroretinogram; retinal degeneration; endocrinopathy; olfactory threshold; dysosmia; hyposmia

Purpose To evaluate olfaction in dogs with sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) compared with sighted dogs and blind dogs without SARDS as control groups. Animals Studied Forty client‐owned dogs. Procedure Olfactory threshold testing was performed on three groups: SARDS, sighted, an...