Normal ocular features, conjunctival microflora and intraocular pressure in the Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis)

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Cullen, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castor canadensis; Conjunctival microflora; Eye; Intraocular pressure; Ocular

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RODENT; SEDATION; SLIT LAMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TONOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RODENTIA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; ENTEROBACTER; FUNGI; MICROCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RODENTIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0347479125     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2003.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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