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DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0112:MCUMIA]2.0.CO;2
关键词: Perioperative 、 Surgical Graft 、 Surgery 、 Keratomalacia 、 Rhinoceros 、 corneal ulcer 、 Medical treatment 、 Medicine 、 Veterinary ophthalmology
摘要: Abstract Acute unilateral keratomalacia, probably secondary to trauma, occurred in a greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) transferred between zoologic facilities. Following 2 days of medical treatment, 360° conjunctival surgical graft was performed. Staphylococcus and yeast were isolated from perioperative culture the affected eye treated with antimicrobials. There rapid healing minimal midcorneal scar formation peripheral corneal clarity.