Evaluation of a behavioral method for objective vision testing and identification of achromatopsia in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-102

  Garcia, Monique M ^a   Ying, Gui Shuang ^b   Cocores, Christina A ^a   Tanaka, Jacqueline C ^a   Komáromy, András M ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; VISION TEST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LIGHT; MALE; VISION TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 75749086397     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.1.97     Document Type: Article

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