MScottMGP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>A couple of questions, please:
>
>What is the element in gerbil lacrimal secretions that
>causes the red coloration?
It is a Porphyrin. They are common in Rodent secretions.
> Does this coloration exist
>in lacrimal fluid from birth?
No idea.
>Any studies?
The following makes mention of it:
EXPERIMENTAL NASAL DERMATITIS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: EFFECT OF
BILATERAL HARDERIAN GLAND ADENECTOMY ON DEVELOPMENT OF FACIAL LESIONS.:
Farrar, P.L., Opsomer, M.J., Kocen, J.A., Wagner, J.E, 1988, Laboratory
Animal Science, 38(1), 72-6
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Julian
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