Disorders of the third eyelid in birds: 17 Cases

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-18

  Kern, Thomas J ^a   Paul Murphy, Joanne ^b   Murphy, Christopher J ^b   Buyukmihci, Nedim C ^c   Burling, Kristina ^d   Miller, Paul E ^b   Oppenheim, Yvonne ^a   Riis, Ronald C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Animal Eye Specialists of San Jose   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Birds; Eye; Membrane nictitans; Third eyelid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009992264     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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