Ocular Abnormalities in 127 Cats Presented for Companion Animal Eye Registry (<scp>CAER</scp>) Examination in the United States and Canada

Suggestive of a possible hereditary basis, there was a high prevalence of young Bengal cats presented for CAER examinations between 2013 and 20233 that had functionally incidental cataracts that were expected to be essentially nonprogressive. Most of the noted feline cataracts were bilateral, symmetric, punctate or incipient, and nuclear or posterior. Very minimal pedigree information received supported a possible hereditary basis of cataracts among the British Shorthair cats, but was insufficient to confirm this or apply to the entire study population.