Morphological and ultrastructural study of the palpebral conjunctiva of healthy domestic cats

Abstract

Objective: To describe the morphology of the meibomian glands and goblet cells in the palpebral conjunctiva of healthy cats. Animals studied:Five healthy domestic cats without ocular changes that had died from causes unrelated to the study were evaluated.Procedures: Forty samples were collected from upper and lower palpebral conjunctiva and 20 from palpebral fornix region in the nasal corner. The samples were processed for scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and histopathology.