Therapeutic Management of Hypovitaminosis-A in a Turtle

A red ear slider turtle of one year old was presented to the Veterinary Clinical Complex (VCC), College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad with a history of swollen and oedematous eyelids, anorexia, lethargy and stunted growth, that was being provided with commercial feed. Clinical examination of the turtle revealed conjunctivitis along with blepharitis and blepharedema. The case was tentatively diagnosed as Hypovitaminosis-A and treated with injectable vitamin-A, oral Vetrivit turtle multivitamin and turtle eye drops, and complete recovery of the turtle was noticed after a period of 30 days.