Surgical treatment of the eye in farm animals

Although many eye conditions can be managed medically, several require surgical intervention. This article aims to review those conditions with surgical treatment options before going on to consider the various aspects of surgery itself, whether that be in the field or in a hospital setting. Often the surgery one would ideally like to perform is limited by geographic issues of transporting the animal to a surgical facility, and thus attempts have to be made to undertake the best operative procedures one can, given the field conditions available. Even more so, economic factors often limit the type of operations one would wish to carry out. Here, rather than reduce the surgical techniques discussed to the lowest common denominator, the author seeks to explore what is possible in the best situations, trusting that the reader can modify the operations described to fit the environment and animal they are faced with.