Ultrassonografia ocular bidimensional e doppler de coelhos (Oryctolagus cuniculus, Linnaeus 1758)

Abstract

Rabbits in general have been growing more and more in Brazil, not only in production but also in the pet market. Brazil has 294 584 heads of rabbit and 17 615 properties that work in the rabbit trade, for it is the production and sale as a pet (FERREIRA 2014). Ocular problems in rabbits affect both the production and the pet market, and ultrasound is a noninvasive technique that can lead to comparison with structures, so we seek to measure ultrasound in a two-dimensional mode and Doppler, presumably normal values, for the ocular structures of both eyes of 21 SRD rabbits, not anesthetized and without alterations to the clinical examination, the equipment Mindray Z6 with 7.5 MHz microconvex transducer. There were no significant statistical differences when comparing the results between the two eyes, and for the similar researches in rabbits so as for other species already studied, therefore the evaluation of morphometry and hemodynamics, might help with the ophthalmologic approaching, suggesting presumed normal parameters for the species, to guide clinical and surgical conducts.