ULCERATIVE KERATITIS SECONDARY TO SINGLE-LAYER REPAIR OF A TRAUMATIC EYELID LACERATION IN A HORSE

This report concerns a horse with ulcerative keratitis secondary to an inadequately apposed eyelid margin following traumatic full-thickness eyelid laceration. Based on the absence of a conjunctival foreign bod y or redundant corneal epithelial edges, the most likely cause of the ulcer was mechanical trauma from the discontinuous eyelid margin and c onjunctival granulation tissue. Surgical debridement and re-alignment of the eyelid margin was recommended.