An IEOC mini-symposium and breakout session was held at the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists Annual Meeting in Chicago Illinois, on November 6, 2009.  The IEOC now annually sponsors an abstract session at the ACVO conference annually. For more information about current equine sessions at ACVO, check www.ACVOconferences.org .

Below are the abstracts which were presented at the IEOC minisymposium on Friday, November 6, 2009. Access to these abstracts can be obtained by subscription to the ACVO's Veterinary Ophthalmology journal.

State of the art lecture -  Equine cornea
Dennis Brooks

IN VITRO CULTURE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EQUINE CORNEOLIMBAL EPITHELIAL CELLS ON AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE; Caryn Plummer

EFFICACY AND DURATION OF PROPARACAINE AND TETRACAINE TOPICAL OPHTHALMIC FORMULATIONS ON EQUINE CORNEAL SENSITIVITY;
Karen Sharrow-Reabe

EQUINE SUBEPITHELIAL KERATOMYCOSIS;
Dennis Brooks

SUPERFICIAL KERATECTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF EQUINE IMMUNE MEDIATED KERATITIS;
Brian Gilger

CONJUNCTIVAL LYMPHOMA IN THE HORSE;
Dennis Brooks

LONG-TERM CONTROL OF EQUINE RECURRENT UVEITIS USING A SUPRACHOROIDAL CYCLOSPORINE MATRIX RESERVOIR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; Brian Gilger

COMPLICATIONS AND VISUAL OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICAL CORRECTION OF LENS LUXATION IN THE HORSE; Dennis Brooks

DESCEMET’S MEMBRANE FRAGMENTATION IN RECURRENT “ORANGE” DEEP STROMAL ABSCESSES IN THE HORSE; Dennis Brooks

PREVALENCE OF LEPTOSPIRA INFECTIONS AND POSITIVE PCR TESTS IN HORSES WITH CHRONIC OR RECURRENT UVEITIS IN LOUISIANA; Melissa Kubai

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF FOUR RETROBULBAR INJECTION TECHNIQUES IN THE HORSE; Nick Whelan

MULTIPLE CONGENITAL OCULAR ANOMALIES (MCOA) SYNDROME IN TWO SILVER COAT COLORED PONIES; Andras Komaromy

THE DARK ADAPTATION CURVE OF THE HORSE;
Gil Ben-Shlomo