title: Intraocular pressure of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) held in different positions.
abstract: The intraocular pressure of 12 apparently healthy juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) was determined by applanation tonometry while the turtles were held in dorsoventral, ventrodorsal, and head-down suspended positions. The median intraocular pressures were 5 mmHg (range 4 to 9 mmHg) in the dorsoventral position, 7 mmHg (range 5 to 12 mmHg) in the ventrodorsal position, and 23 mmHg (range 17 to 33 mmHg) in the suspended position.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Medicine Consortium and Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh 27606, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chittick
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harms
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture; D012016:Reference Values; D014426:Turtles