OMIA:000168-9796 : Cataract, generic in Equus caballus |
In other species: domestic cat , cattle , dog , sheep , domestic ferret , chicken , domestic guinea pig , lion , rabbit , crab-eating macaque , degu , bald eagle , , giant panda , ass
Categories: Vision / eye phene
Links to MONDO diseases: No links.
Mendelian trait/disorder: yes
Considered a defect: yes
Key variant known: no
Key variant is published: no
Cross-species summary: Opacity of the lens of the eye.
Inheritance: According to Detlefson and Yapp (1920; American Naturalist 54: 277-280; see OMIA 000168-9913), Hurst (1910) reported that "cataract-blindness in horses is a Mendelian trait".
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2013 | Rushton, J., Tichy, A., Brem, G., Druml, T., Nell, B. : |
| Ophthalmological findings in a closed herd of Lipizzaners. Equine Vet J 45:209-13, 2013. Pubmed reference: 23009263 . DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00630.x. | |
| 1947 | Weber, W. : |
| Congenital cataract, a recessive mutation in the horse Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde 89:397-, 1947. | |
| 1910 | Hurst, C.C. : |
| Mendelian characters in plants, animals, and man Verh. d. Naturf. Ver in Brunn 49:192-213, 1910. |
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