Progressive Retinaatrophie (PRA-rcd1) Searchterm rubbing eyes

rubbing eyes

The main symptoms include ataxia

poor weight gain

✅ Roundworms (Toxocara spp

alopecia and other clinical signs can occur (hypocalcemia

Progressive Retinaatrophie (PRA-rcd1) Searchterm rubbing eyesA disease belongs to the group of a progressive retinal atrophy and it occurs at Irish setters. A rapid degeneration of the photoreceptor cells in the eye characterizes the disease. The first changes of the retina already occur two weeks after birth and they are already obvious one month after the birth. Until the age of one year, almost all off the photoreceptor cells (rods and plugs) are degenerated and that leads to the blindness. Population