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Clinical parameters obtained during tear film examination in domestic rabbits.
Corsi, Francesca; Arteaga, Kevin; Corsi, Flavia; Masi, Marco; Cattaneo, Alexia; Selleri, Paolo; Crasta, Manuela; Peruccio, Claudio; Guandalini, Adolfo.
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  • Corsi F; Centro Veterinario Specialistico, Via Sandro Giovannini 51-53, 00137, Rome, Italy. francescacorsi90@hotmail.it.
  • Arteaga K; Clinica Veterinaria Oculistica Visionvet, Via Antonio Marzocchi, 6, 40017, San Giovanni in Persiceto, Bologna, Italy.
  • Corsi F; Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
  • Masi M; Centro Veterinario Specialistico, Via Sandro Giovannini 51-53, 00137, Rome, Italy.
  • Cattaneo A; Centro Veterinario Specialistico, Via Sandro Giovannini 51-53, 00137, Rome, Italy.
  • Selleri P; Centro Veterinario Specialistico, Via Sandro Giovannini 51-53, 00137, Rome, Italy.
  • Crasta M; Clinica Veterinaria Oculistica Visionvet, Via Antonio Marzocchi, 6, 40017, San Giovanni in Persiceto, Bologna, Italy.
  • Peruccio C; Centro Veterinario Torinese (CVT), Lungo Dora Colletta 147, 10153, Torino, Italy.
  • Guandalini A; Centro Veterinario Specialistico, Via Sandro Giovannini 51-53, 00137, Rome, Italy.
BMC Vet Res ; 18(1): 398, 2022 Nov 12.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36368996
BACKGROUND: One of the contributing factors to ocular surface health is a stable precorneal tear film. Considering the increasing interest in rabbits as pets and the limited literature available on domestic rabbit tearing, the aim of this study was to establish normative data for examination of the tear film in domestic rabbits. RESULTS: The study included 75 client-owned domestic Holland Lop rabbits (150 eyes). The following examinations were performed in each eye: Schirmer tear test-1, tear osmometry, interferometry, tear meniscus height measurement and meibography (quantifying meibomian gland loss as a percentage). The resulting median (95% central range) values were 10.0 (5.0-17.3) mm/min for the Schirmer tear test-1, 345.0 (280.5-376.1) mOsm/L for tear osmolarity, grade 2 (1-4) of interferometry, 0.28 (0.20-0.47) mm for tear meniscus height and 0.0 (0.0-67.6) % meibomian gland loss. A significant association was found between tear osmolarity and age, with an estimated decrease of - 4.0 mOsm/L with each additional year of age (p < 0.001). The distributions of interferometry grades were significantly different between males and females (p < 0.001), with grade 1 and grade 2 being the most frequent in females and males, respectively. A weak negative correlation was also observed between interferometry grade and the percentage of meibomian gland loss (r = - 0.22, p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: This is an original study that documents extensive tear film parameters in healthy Holland Lop rabbits. The results can be used as normative data for the examination of the tear film in this lagomorph breed.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Síndromes do Olho Seco Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Síndromes do Olho Seco Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article