Feline corneal sequestrum: Laboratory analysis of ocular samples from 12 cats

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-238

  Featherstone, Heidi J ^a   Franklin, Valerie J ^b   Sansom, Jane ^c  

^a DAVIES VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Feline; Fluorescence spectrophotofluorimetry; Optical microscopy; Sequestrum; Ultraviolet absorbance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; LIPID; MELANIN; PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CAT DISEASE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE COLOR; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LACRIMAL FLUID; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MEIBOMIA;

EID: 3242701214     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2004.04029.x     Document Type: Article

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