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In This Month’s CVJ
Look for an article on page 488 of the May 2017 issue of The CVJ titled,  "Congenital nuclear cataracts in a Holstein dairy herd." 

Birth of 3 calves with “white eyes” led to ophthalmic examination of 279 Holstein dairy cattle in 1 herd. Bilateral nuclear cataracts were identified in 53 (19%), all born to multiparous cows. Nutritional, infectious and toxic causes were ruled out. A deletion in the NID1 gene, associated with a similar condition in Romagnola cattle, was not present and pedigree analysis was inconclusive. 
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