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Suspected macular degeneration in a captive western lowland gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla)

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VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages 139-141

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WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2011.00953.x

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age-related macular degeneration (AMD); ape; decreased near vision; drusen; eye; Western lowland gorilla

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The case of a 31-year-old captive female Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) with decreased near vision but good distance vision is presented. Examination of the fundus revealed drusen-like bodies in the macula presumably because of an age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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