Prevalence of feline cataract: Results of a cross-sectional study of 2000 normal animals, 50 cats with diabetes and one hundred cats following dehydrational crises

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 341-349

  Williams, David L ^a   Heath, M Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related; Cataract; Dehydration; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Feline; Lens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATARACT; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 33747894505     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2006.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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