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Congenital cataract and spherophakia leading to starvation in a free-ranging muskox neonate from the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Source :
- Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation : Official Publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- A muskox neonate ( Ovibos moschatus) that died of starvation was diagnosed with congenital lenticular anomalies that included spherophakia and hypermature cataract associated with probable lens-induced lymphocytic uveitis and neutrophilic keratitis. Impaired sight as a result of cataract and associated inflammation likely contributed to abandonment and starvation, although maternal death cannot be excluded definitively. Ocular lesions, such as congenital cataracts and spherophakia in neonates, may be important factors affecting survival in free-ranging animals.
- Subjects :
- Canada
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures
Cataract
Keratitis
Northwest Territories
medicine
wild
Starvation
congenital abnormalities
General Veterinary
Free ranging
business.industry
Spherophakia
Ruminants
medicine.disease
eye
eye diseases
animals
Congenital cataracts
Brief Reports
pathology
Maternal death
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
Hypermature cataract
Uveitis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19434936 and 10406387
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....de190667179121aba912899b32d41cca