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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 28(3), 1992, pp. 419-423
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Ophthalmologic examination of the normal eye of the koala

LW Hirst, AS Brown, R Kempster, and N Winney


ABSTRACT

The ophthalmic examination of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) was undertaken to describe the normal in vivo structure. Twenty-two of 28 koalas examined were found to have normal eyes. Slit-lamp examination revealed unusual lamellae in the cornea, and mean keratometric readings were 59.3 +/- 3 diopters, corneal endothelial cell area of 381.4 microns2 +/- with a standard deviation of 46.8 microns2. No particular features were seen which would explain the susceptibility of this animal to ocular infection by Chlamydia psittaci.




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