Ophthalmic examination of the captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 430-433

  Liang, David ^a   Alvarado, Thomas P ^b   Oral, Deniz ^a   Vargas, Jose M ^a   Denena, Melissa M ^a   McCulley, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Dallas Zoological Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Eyes; Gorilla; Ophthalmic examination

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTICUS;

EID: 30444448228     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/03-121.1     Document Type: Article

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