title: Ophthalmic patterns of captive brown brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira).
abstract: Captive brown brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira) were manually restrained to assess tear production by the Schirmer tear test I to measure intraocular pressure by applanation tonometry, to examine ocular conjunctival epithelial cells via cytologic and histologic samples, and to survey ocular conjunctival microflora by microbiologic culture. The mean value for the Schirmer tear test I was 8.9 +/- 1.8 mm/min, and the mean intraocular pressure was 15.3 +/- 3.1 mm Hg. Conjunctival epithelium contained stratified pavimentous layers of cells, and the microflora consisted of predominantly gram-positive bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Unit, Anaerobic Laboratory, Wild Animal Facilities, College of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo 14884-900, Brazil. bimartins@gmail.com
authors.forename: Bianca C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Arianne P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Oriá
authors.forename: Ana L G
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Carla F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Denise E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Roberta A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Christiane P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: José A S
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Zuanon
authors.forename: Carlos B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: José M B
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Rubén P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Schocken-Iturrino
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Laus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000166:cytology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003670:Deer / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism*; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000662:veterinary