Evaluation of intraocular pressure in eyes of clinically normal llamas and alpacas

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1542-1544

  Willis, A Michelle ^a   Anderson, David E ^a   Gemensky, Anne J ^a   Wilkie, David A ^a   Silveira, Fernando ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0034540891     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.1542     Document Type: Review

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