Normal tension glaucoma Normal tension glaucoma Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is an eye disease, a neuropathy of the optic nerve, that shows all the characteristics of "traditional" glaucoma except one: the elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) - the classic hallmark of glaucoma - is missing. Normal tension glaucoma is in many cases closely associated with general issues of blood circulation and of organ perfusion like arterial hypotension, metabolic syndrome, and Flammer syndrome. Over many years, glaucoma has been defined by an intraocular pressure of more than 20 or 20 mm Hg. Incompatible with this (now obsolete) definition of glaucoma was the ever larger number
Henneke horse body condition scoring system for most horses is from 4 to 6. The system is based on both visual appraisal and palpable fat cover of the six major points of the horse. The system is used by law enforcement agencies as an objective method of scoring a horse's body condition in horse cruelty cases. The Henneke scale describes body condition scores as follows: The average horse is healthiest with a body condition score between 5 and 6, which indicate that the horse has a proper balance of feed to exercise. An easy keeper or hard keeper should be watched closely as they are prone