Structure and presumptive function of the iridocorneal angle of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), and African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-43

  Hatfield, Jessie R ^a   Samuelson, Don A ^a   Lewis, Patricia A ^a   Chisholm, Mae ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

African elephant; Hippopotamus; Iridocorneal angle; Pilot whale; West Indian manatee

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CILIARY MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELEPHANT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORY; LIGAMENT; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PROBABILITY; WHALE; ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTIODACTYLA; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ELEPHANT; GLOBICEPHALA; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTIODACTYLA; CORNEA; ELEPHANTS; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; WHALES;

EID: 0038320742     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2003.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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