Tear production, intraocular pressure and conjunctival bacterial flora in selected captive wild ruminants

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vop.12478" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vop.12478</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vop.12478" target="_blank" >10.1111/vop.12478</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Tear production, intraocular pressure and conjunctival bacterial flora in selected captive wild ruminants

Original language description

Objective Evaluation of tear production (Schirmer&apos;s tear test, STT) and measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) were performed in a population of captive wild ungulates in a Slovenian ZOO during routine annual health check. Animals studied In total, 10 fallow deer (Dama dama), 25 mouflons (Ovis aries musimon), 20 alpine ibexes (Capra ibex), and three alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) were included in the study. Methods Tear production was performed by Schirmer&apos;s tear test, IOP was measured with an applanation tonometer, and ophthalmological examination was conducted with slit-lamp biomicroscopy and indirect ophthalmoscopy. Conjunctival swabs were taken and submitted for aerobic bacteriology and for detection of Chlamydia spp. and Mycoplasma spp. tested by PCR. Results Average tear production (in mm/min) was 17.8 3.16 for fallow deer, 17.9 +/- 3.87 for mouflons, and 11.7 +/- 3.87 for ibexes. Mean intraocular pressure (IOP, in mm Hg) was 14.1 +/- 2.48 for fallow deer, 14.9 +/- 2.20 for mouflons, and 13.1 +/- 2.43 for ibexes. For chamois, average tear production and IOP were 14.5 +/- 3.0 and 10.2 +/- 2.5, respectively; this is the first record of STT I and IOP in chamois. Bacteriological swabs were positive for bacteria in 100% of the fallow deer, 56% of mouflons, 35% of ibexes, and 100% of chamois. Gram-positive bacteria were predominant. Moraxella spp., Chlamydia spp., and Mycoplasma spp. were not detected. Conclusion The reported values were obtained in animals under manual restraint only to be applicative in similar conditions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Veterinary ophthalmology

ISSN

1463-5216

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

52-57

UT code for WoS article

000423393100008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85019192802