Congenital ocular anomalies and ventricular septal defect in a dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-430

  Moore, Cecil P ^a   Shaner, John B ^a,c   Halenda, Ruth M ^a   Rosenfeld, Cheryl S ^a   Suedmeyer, William Kirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Kansas City Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^c Kansas City Zoological Gardens ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Corneal dermoid; Dromedary camel; Glaucoma; Ocular dysgenesis; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; EYE MALFORMATION; EYE TUMOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; LENS; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MALFORMATION; TERATOMA; VASCULARIZATION; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CAMELS; CATARACT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DERMOID CYST; EUTHANASIA; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL DYSPLASIA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0033183399     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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