Comparative anatomy of the ciliary body of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) and selected species

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 375-385

  Natiello, Michelle ^a   Lewis, Patricia ^a   Samuelson, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African elephant (Loxodonta africana); Amphibious hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); Anatomy; Aquatic short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus); Ciliary body; West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD FLOW; CILIARY BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEPHANT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT WHALE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CILIARY BODY; ELEPHANTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMALS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; WHALES, PILOT;

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

EID: 29244442641     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2005.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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