Band-like opacity in the corneas of abattoir-acquired pig eyes

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 668-669

  Chinnery, Holly ^a   Kezic, Jelena ^a   Yeung, Season ^a   McMenamin, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Burn; Cornea; Porcine

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARCASS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; DEBRIDEMENT; EYELID; HAIR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STROMA CELL; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CORNEA; EYE BURN; HEAT; INJURY; LETTER; MEAT INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SWINE DISEASE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; DECONTAMINATION; EYE BURNS; HEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 33644981686     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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