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- Title
Intraocular Ossification in the GSP/pe Chicken With Imperfect Albinism.
- Authors
Shibuya, K.; Kinoshita, K.; Mizutani, M.; Oshima, A.; Yamashita, R.; Matsuda, Y.
- Abstract
The eyes of 2 male and 2 female GSP/pe chickens, the imperfect albino strain, were investigated at 52 weeks of age. Aged chickens of the GSP/pe colony became blind with bilateral ocular enlargement and opaque lenses. Affected eyes (bilateral in 2 males and unilateral in 2 females) were hard and difficult to section; histologic specimens were processed after decalcification. A large portion of the posterior chamber was occupied by cancellous bone containing fibrous and cartilaginous foci. Osseous tissues developed adjacent to the choroid, and no retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) was detected between osseous tissues and the choroid. Small segments of degenerate neuronal retina were scattered in the osseous tissue. The irises and ciliary bodies were deformed by osseous tissue, and the lenses had severe cataracts. These observations suggest that the intraocular osseous tissue may be derived from RPE in the hereditary incomplete-albino strain of chickens.
- Subjects
CHICKEN diseases; OSSIFICATION; ALBINOS &; albinism; EYE diseases; VETERINARY pathology
- Publication
Veterinary Pathology, 2015, Vol 52, Issue 4, p688
- ISSN
0300-9858
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0300985814559401