Ocular parameters in a captive colony of fruit bats

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 72-79

  Blackwood, Sarah E ^a   Plummer, Caryn E ^a   Crumley, William ^b   MacKay, Edward O ^a   Brooks, Dennis E ^a   Barrie, Kathleen P ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit bat; Intraocular pressure; Megachiroptera; Phenol red thread; Positional IOP; Pteropus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY POSTURE; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CHIROPTERA; EYE; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POSTURE;

ANIMALIA; MEGACHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS HYPOMELANUS; PTEROPUS PUMILUS; PTEROPUS VAMPYRUS;

EID: 77956284232     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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