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Puppy Developed a Cloudy Eye After Vaccines

by cindy
(charleston sc)

Reader Question
puppy approximately 10 weeks old recieved 2nd set of shots & day or so later developes billowy or cloudy left eye. Entire eye is not cloudy. Cannot tell if puppy can see from eye, he is very allert & responds to everything. He was not injured & has never favored the eye or had allergy discharge.


Answer from Our Team

A cloudy eye in a puppy should be checked soon. Older vaccines containing canine adenovirus type 1 occasionally caused a bluish corneal haze; modern vaccines use a related virus that rarely does, and when it happens it usually clears on its own. That haze usually appears a week or more later, so a cloudy eye the next day is more likely from something else. Other causes in puppies include scratches from littermates, ulcers and inborn eye problems.

Your vet can stain the eye and check it. Go sooner if the eye becomes red, squinty or painful.

See cloudy eyes in dogs for more on blue eyes in young dogs.

This is general information, not a diagnosis. Please follow your own vet's advice.

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