Message Number: SG1952 | New FHL Archives Search
From: mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2002-10-23 17:09:06 UTC
Subject: RE: Glaucoma in Ferrets
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <11702768.1035392946954.JavaMail.root@scandium>

I'm curious of the details of what this "filtration angle" is. Obviously, it's not a simple opening through which the fluid can drain, otherwise it could probably be repaired by surgery?

mike

Author wrote:
> Glaucoma is the result of an obstruction of the filtration angle - a drainage angle at the outer edge of the iris through which the aqueous humor (which is constantly produced), must drain.