Lerch, Michaela
Allbaugh, Rachel A.
Sebbag, Lionel
Mochel, Jonathan P.
Weller, Philipp
Borts, David J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2847-2128
Article History
Received: 21 December 2018
Revised: 19 April 2019
Accepted: 6 May 2019
First Online: 23 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The use of horses and all procedures in this study were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Iowa State University (protocol no. 12-16-8403-E). Horses were obtained by client donation due to severe and/or chronic lameness and following completion of our study were humanely euthanized for reasons unrelated to ophthalmic research. Horses were housed individually in stalls and provided free choice hay and water. Ophthalmic examinations were performed, and all the eyes of all horses were deemed healthy with no confounding ocular conditions.
: All equine horse owners donated their horses to the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center. They did this by signing a form that officially transferred ownership of the horse and provided informed consent for the horses to be used for approved teaching and research procedures, both before and after euthanasia.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.