Schirmer tear test results in normal horses and ponies: Effect of age, season, environment, sex, time of day and placement of strips

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-254

  Beech, J ^a   Zappala, R A ^b   Smith, G ^a   Lindborg, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Schirmer tear test; Tears

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORSE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SCHIRMER TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TECHNIQUE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS; TEARS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0141962437     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2003.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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