Journal of Veterinary Clinics (한국임상수의학회지)

The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics (한국임상수의학회)
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Survey of Corneal Thickness, Endothelial Cell and Intraocular Pressure in New Zealand White Rabbits

뉴질랜드 흰 토끼의 각막 두께, 내피세포 및 안압에 관한 조사

  • Chang, Hwa-Seok (Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Dae-Yeoup (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kang, Eun-Hee (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Hoon (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Cho, Yang-Kyeung (Department of Ophthalmology, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Man-Soo (Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Hwi-Yool (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
  • 장화석 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 서울성모병원) ;
  • 이대엽 (건국대학교 수의과대학) ;
  • 강은희 (건국대학교 수의과대학) ;
  • 이재훈 (건국대학교 수의과대학) ;
  • 조양경 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성빈센트병원) ;
  • 김만수 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 서울성모병원) ;
  • 김휘율 (건국대학교 수의과대학)
  • Accepted : 2010.02.09
  • Published : 2010.08.30
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Abstract

Rabbit's cornea is the most common thing that used for researches in ophthalmology, so many experimentations have done. The purpose of this study was to survey the corneal pachymetry, tonometry and specular microscopy in New Zealand white rabbits. Three months old male rabbits ($2.9{\pm}0.2\;kg$) were examined with contact the specular microscope to evaluate the endothelial cell density, coefficiency of variation and the percentage of hexagonal cells in the central cornea. For the pachymetry, ultrasonic pachymeter was used for central cornea in each twenty rabbits, and tonometry was performed forty rabbit's eyes to evaluate the intraocular pressure. Corneal endothelial cell density in New Zealand white rabbit was $3304{\pm}354\;cell/mm^2$. Coefficiency of variation was $45.8{\pm}2$ and the percentage of hexagonal cells in the central cornea was $44.4{\pm}11%$. The pachymetry of cornea was $346.1{\pm}21\;{\mu}m$ and tonometry of eye was $14.3{\pm}2\;mmHg$. It is considered that normal New Zealand white rabbit's pachymetry, specular microscopy and tonometry were useful basic data of rabbit's cornea for research and clinic in veterinary ophthalmology.

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