College of Veterinary Medicine
Plummer Lab
Led by Caryn Plummer · Small Animal Clinical Sciences
What we study
The Plummer Lab studies eye disease in horses and dogs: ocular drug delivery, corneal disease in horses, glaucoma in dogs, immune-mediated eye disease and new surgical techniques.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Farm animals (cattle, horses, poultry)
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Modified Medial Canthoplasty for Correction of Euryblepharon in Two Horses
2026 · Veterinary Ophthalmology
Describes a surgery to fix wide eyelids in two horses with small eyes.
- Laterally spreading AAV.SPR enables safe and efficient RS1 delivery to the macula after peripheral subretinal injection
2026 · Molecular Therapy
Tests a new virus delivery method for treating a retinal disease in monkeys.
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- Nonhealing corneal ulcers as a manifestation of bullous pemphigoid in a horse
2026 · Equine Veterinary Education
Reports a horse with bullous pemphigoid causing severe eye ulcers and skin damage.
- A peptide mimic of SOCS1 modulates equine peripheral immune cells in vitro and ocular effector functions in vivo: implications for recurrent uveitis
2025 · Frontiers in Immunology
Tests a drug to reduce inflammation in horse eyes with autoimmune disease.
- Visual field of the ferret ( Mustela putorius furo ), rat ( Rattus norvegicus ), and tree shrew ( Tupaia belangeri )
2025 · Journal of Vision
Measures visual fields in ferrets, rats, and tree shrews to study vision.
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