| Abstract: | The eyes of 80 Bouvier des Flandres dogs without a history of clinical eye disease and 43 glaucomatous eyes out of 35 Bouvier des Flandres dogs were examined for changes in the pectinate ligament. Slight to severe dysplasia of the pectinate ligament occurred in 75% of the normotensive eyes. In glaucomatous eyes, dysplasia was severe and similar to the severity of dysplasia in the most affected normotensive eyes. A high percentage of the Bouvier des Flandres dogs in predisposed to develop glaucoma. |
