Welcome to the All Animal Eye Clinic home page.

Dr. Kerry Ketring and his staff are eager to share with you their enthusiasm about veterinary ophthalmology. A good place to start is the clinic itself. This facility opened in a suburb north of Cincinnati during the summer of 1989.  This is the third All Animal Eye Clinic Dr.Ketring opened in the Cincinnati area. 

The first clinic was opened in August, 1977 in Springdale. At that time, it was one of about a dozen ophthalmology specialty practices in the United States. Several years later, the clinic was moved to Forest Park.  By 1980, Dr. Ketring had opened consultation practices in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Dayton, Ohio. Eventually, as the number of ophthalmologists in private practice increased and his practices in Cincinnati and Dayton became busier, he decided to close his Kentucky and Indiana practices.  By 2002, after 25 years of traveling to see ophthalmology cases, he made the decision to stay put and let the animals come to him.   


The All Animal Eye Clinic in Cincinnati is a full service ophthalmology clinic. Routine ocular exams are done using such specialized equipment as the TonoPen XL for measuring intraocular pressure to check for glaucoma and the ophthalmoscope to check for lesions at the back of the eye. Other types of exams involve some non-routine tests. Certain animals have the health of their retinas evaluated prior to surgery using electroretinography (ERG). Others need to be checked for tumors behind the globe, done with the ultrasound.




 
Surgeries are done in a sterile environment using an operating microscope. The animals are maintained by inhalation anesthesia and their vital signs are monitored electronically and visually throughout the procedure.

Other surgeries are not done in the operating room, such as the lid tumor removal on the left which involves the use of a CO2 laser.



Pets such as dogs and cats, and the occasional rabbit, snake or bird, make up the majority of animals the clinic evaluates. Several non-profit groups, such as League for Animal Welfare, Save the Animals Foundation, and Angel Animal Rescue often bring in animals found by or brought to their organizations for ocular evaluations.  As part of his volunteer efforts, Dr. Ketring examines these animals for conditions ranging from being hit by car, to abuse, and abandonment.  Once in awhile, more exotic animals are seen such as opossums from Second Chance Wildlife; owls from Southwestern Ohio Raptor; and walruses, tigers, or monkeys from the Cincinnati Zoo.

Two events Dr. Ketring started that have been very beneficial to the groups involved are the K-9 Corps Health Fair, which involves police and rescue dogs from many departments in the tristate, and the Service Dog Clinic, which involves dogs serving the blind, deaf, and wheelchair-bound people in the area.

This short tour of the All Animal Eye Clinic describes the where, when, and what of the facility. The who of the clinic is the part that makes everything work together to provide the best possible care for our patients and clients. Please take a moment to Meet the Staff.