Reference values for selected ophthalmic diagnostic tests of the ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 209-213

  Montiani Ferreira, Fabiano ^a,b   Mattos, Bianca Chaim ^c   Russ, Heloisa Helena Abil ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vida Livre Medicina de Animais Selvagens   (Brazil)

^d 4 Faculdade Evangélica de Medicina de Curitiba   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Ferret; Intraocular pressure; Normal conjunctival flora; Schirmer tear test; Ultrasonic pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FERRET; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FERRETS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEARS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SP.; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33745092407     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2006.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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