Fumero-Hernández Marcos, Encinoso Quintana Mario, Ramírez Ana S, Morales Fariña Inmaculada, Calabuig Pascual, Jaber José Raduan
Veterinary Clinical Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413 Las Palmas, Spain.
Department of Pathology and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413 Las Palmas, Spain.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Mar 10;13(6):1016. doi: 10.3390/ani13061016.
The short bibliography referring to the anatomy and pathology of the eyeball of turtles poses a challenge for veterinarians and conservationists given the increasing presence of this type of turtle in veterinary and wildlife centres. Although they nest on land, these animals spend a large part of their lives in the ocean, which entails a series of eye adaptations such as well-developed nictitating membranes, palpebral scales, highly sensitive corneas, or sclerotic rings to protect the eye. In our study, we performed a morphometric analysis of the loggerhead turtle () eyeball and its internal structures using advanced imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT). To the best of the authors' knowledge, there have been no studies published that describe the CT intraocular measurements of presumed normal loggerhead turtle eyes.
鉴于兽医和野生动物保护中心这类海龟的数量日益增加，关于海龟眼球解剖学和病理学的简短参考文献给兽医和保护主义者带来了挑战。尽管这些动物在陆地上筑巢，但它们一生中大部分时间都生活在海洋中，这需要一系列眼部适应性特征，如发达的瞬膜、睑鳞、高度敏感的角膜或巩膜环来保护眼睛。在我们的研究中，我们使用计算机断层扫描（CT）等先进成像技术对蠵龟（）的眼球及其内部结构进行了形态计量分析。据作者所知，尚未有已发表的研究描述假定正常的蠵龟眼睛的CT眼内测量结果。
