Equine ocular anatomy and ophthalmic examination.
This article is intended to provide the practitioner with a succinct but complete source regarding equine orbital and ocular anatomy,instrumentation available for ophthalmic examination, a methodical examination technique, sedation and regional nerve blocks, and diagnostic procedures involving the eye. Such knowledge of orbital and ocular anatomy is essential to allow recognition of normal,normal variations, or an abnormality of the equine eye and orbit.
Animal Eye Specialty Clinic, 3421 Forest Hill Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, USA. Aerosmc@aol.com
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