Ultrasonographiy of the eye in sheep

الملخص EN

The intent of this study were to explain the normal anatomy of Iraqi sheep eye by using the ultrasonography.

Ocular ultrasonographic inspection were achieved on 15 young sheep (8-12 months) from local breed.

ultrasonographic images were obtained with a 7.5 MHz linear probe in the sagittal plane.

The results of this study showed that the Axial Globe Length (AGL) was (20.05 mm), Anterior Chamber Depth (ACD) was (1.85 mm), Vitreous Chamber Depth (VCD) was (9.82 mm), Scleroretinal Rim Thickness (SRT) was (1.07 mm), Lens Thickness (LT) was (8.95 mm) and Corneal Thickness (CT) was (1.14 mm) respectively.

The values of the dimensions of the normal eye components which obtained from this study by using ultrasonography give excellent guide to practitioners in the evaluation of ocular diseases in sheep.