Horse vision and an explanation for the visual behaviour originally explained by the 'ramp retina'

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 384-390

  Harman, Alison M ^a   Moore, S ^a   Hoskins, R ^a   Keller, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acuity; Horse; Refractive error; Retina; Vision; Visual behaviour

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; EYE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA; SENSORY GANGLION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; EYE; GANGLIA, SENSORY; HORSES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033195110     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1999.tb03837.x     Document Type: Article

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