Cullen, C. L., et al. “Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses and Ophthalmic Findings in Llamas and Alpacas in Eastern Canada”. The Canadian Veterinary Journal. La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, vol. 47, no. 1, 2006, pp. 74-77, https://scholar2.islandarchives.ca/islandora/object/ir%3Air-batch6-2717.

Genre

  • Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Cullen, C. L.
Author: Webb, A. A.
Author: Lamont, Leigh A.
Date Issued
2006
Abstract

Seventeen llamas and 23 alpacas of various coat and iris colors were evaluated for: (1) deafness by using brainstem auditory evoked response testing; and (2) for ocular abnormalities via complete ophthalmic examination. No animals were deaf. The most common ocular abnormalities noted were iris-to-iris persistent pupillary membranes and incipient cataracts.

Note

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. aubrey.webb@usask.ca

Canada

LR: 20070221; PUBM: Print; JID: 0004653; ppublish

Source type: Electronic(1)

Language

  • English

Subjects

  • animals
  • Eye Color/physiology
  • Male
  • Acoustic Stimulation/veterinary
  • Canada
  • Camelids, New World/physiology
  • Deafness/diagnosis/epidemiology/veterinary
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/physiology
  • Female
Page range
74-77
Host Title
The Canadian Veterinary Journal. La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne
Host Abbreviated Title
Can.Vet.J.
Volume
47
Issue
1
ISSN
0008-5286

Department