Ophthalmic examination findings in a colony of Screech owls (Megascops asio)

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-192

  Harris, M C ^a   Schorling, J J ^b   Herring, I P ^b   Elvinger, F ^b   Bright, P R ^a   Pickett, J P ^b  

^a The Wildlife Center of Virginia   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival microflora; Megascops asio; Ophthalmic examination; Screech owl; Tear production; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OWL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SECRETION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; STRIGIFORMES; TEARS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

AVES; MEGASCOPS ASIO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 42549147371     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2008.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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