Comment on I feel like I've never heard of a dog getting pink eye, do they get pink eye? I would have thought pink eye would be more common with dogs constantly sniffing arses?

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

“Pinkeye” has two definitions: bovine pinkeye is a specific bacterial disease that only affects cattle; otherwise, “pinkeye” is a generic synonym for conjunctivitis.

Dogs can’t get bovine pinkeye, but they can and do get other types of conjunctivitis. It may just be less noticeable in dogs because their eyes don’t have white sclera like humans’ do.

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