Therapeutic Management of Conjunctivitis: A Case Report in a Cockatiel and Aseel Bird
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2020-05
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Conjunctivitis is inflammation of conjunctiva of eye. In recent times, it was found
that Gatifloxacin is more safe and effective in treatment of acute form of
conjunctivitis than with the same dose of ciprofloxacin. This article presents two
case reports in birds wherein Gatifloxacin treatment was used for treatment of
conjunctivitis. A female Aseel bird, 1 ½ years old and a Cockatiel bird, 1 year old
was brought to the Avian and Exotic Pet Unit of Madras Veterinary College with
the history of swollen eyes and off-feed for the past three days. The birds were
unable to open their eyes (right eye for Aseel; left eye for Cockatiel) for the past
four days and the unaffected eyes were partially open. On examination of the
affected eye, it was noticed that the eye was congested, swollen, crusting over the
eyelid and had watery discharge from the eye. The condition was tentatively
diagnosed for conjunctivitis. The birds were treated topically with Gatifloxacin
eye drops @ 2 drops in the affected eye TA T.I.D for three days. In case of eye
discharge, using a clean wash cloth moistened with warm water, gently wiping off
the discharge was advised. In addition to this, multivitamin syrup was given to the
bird orally. The birds showed marked improvement after five days.
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TNV_IJCMAS_2020_9(5)2063-2067