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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Imaging
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1482948

Ultrasonographic Assessment of Ocular Parameters in Dogs: Effects of Weight and Breed, Controlled for BCS and Age

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Yourang Kim Yourang Kim 1,2Bumseok Kim Bumseok Kim 3Kichang Lee Kichang Lee 2Hakyoung Yoon Hakyoung Yoon 2,3,4*
  • 1 VIP Animal Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2 Departement of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeonbuk national University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
  • 3 Biosafety Research Institute and College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeonbuk National University, Iksan-si, Republic of Korea
  • 4 Institute of Animal Transplantation, Jeonbuk National University, Iksan, Republic of Korea

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    Ophthalmic ultrasound is useful tool for examining canine eyes. Previous studies have compared ocular parameters using ophthalmic ultrasonography based on body weight, breed, sex and age. However, there are limited studies involving large numbers of dogs with controlled body condition score. Furthermore, to the authors' knowledge, there are no established parameters that can be used independently of body weight. The aim of this study was 1) to compare ultrasonography ocular parameters based on body weight, breed, sex, and age in dogs with an ideal body condition score, 2) 메모 포함[김1]: Reviewer 3 ▶page 1, line 1 Suggest updating the title to reflect the important factors Thank you for your advice. In this study, we controlled for normal BCS (4-5/9) and did not include individuals with other BCS. Also, for age, we did not include younger individuals younger than 1 year and older individuals older than 9 years. We felt that mentioning the different BCS and the age was a bit misleading and thought that it would be better to clarify that BCS and age were controlled. Therefore, we changed the title of this study "Comparison of ocular anatomical parameters in various sized dogs using ultrasonography" to "Ultrasonographic Assessment of Ocular Parameters in Dogs: Effects of Weight and Breed, Controlled for BCS ...

    Keywords: canine, LEL:GAL ratio, Ocular parameter, Reference range, Ultrasound 메모 포함[김2]: Reviewer 2, line 16

    Received: 19 Aug 2024; Accepted: 24 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Kim, Kim, Lee and Yoon. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Hakyoung Yoon, Departement of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeonbuk national University, Iksan, Republic of Korea

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