1. Conjunctival flora, Schirmer's tear test, intraocular pressure, and conjunctival cytology in neotropical primates from Salvador, Brazil.
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Oriá AP, Pinna MH, Almeida DS, da Silva RM, Pinheiro AC, Santana FO, Costa TR, Meneses ÍD, Martins Filho EF, and Oliveira AV
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- Animals, Bacterial Infections diagnosis, Bacterial Infections veterinary, Brazil, Cells, Cultured, Conjunctiva cytology, Conjunctiva pathology, Female, Male, Reference Values, Tears microbiology, Tonometry, Ocular standards, Callithrix microbiology, Cebus microbiology, Conjunctiva microbiology
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Background: This study aimed to establish reference values for selected ophthalmic diagnostic tests in healthy neotropical primates from Salvador, Brazil., Methods: A total of 73 intact adults, including Callithrix jacchus (n = 31), Callithrix penicillata (n = 8), Cebus sp. (n = 22), and Cebus xanthosternos (n = 9) were used to evaluate the normal conjunctival bacterial flora. Cebus xanthosternos (n = 12) were used to evaluate tear production with Schirmer's tear test (STT), intraocular pressure (IOP), and conjunctival cytology., Results: For all animals evaluated, Gram-positive bacteria were predominant. Results of the diagnostic tests in Cebus xanthosternos were as follows: STT: 14.92 ± 5.46 mm/minutes, IOP: 19.62 ± 4.57 mmHg, and conjunctival cytology revealed intermediate squamous epithelial cells in great quantities., Conclusions: These ophthalmic reference values will be particularly useful to diagnose discrete or unusual pathological changes in the neotropical primates eye., (© 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2013
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