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Surgery Content for UC 海角原创enCoconut the Snow Leopard Recovers From Eyelid Surgery
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<p>Coconut, the snow leopard cub born at the Sacramento Zoo earlier this year, underwent a rare eyelid surgery on Wednesday, October 24.<sup>.</sup> UC 海角原创 veterinary specialists and the Sacramento Zoo veterinary team collaborated to correct a congenital eyelid defect known as coloboma. This ocular deformity is sometimes documented in snow leopards under human care. Coconut was also born with other birth defects that impact his mobility.</p>October 25, 2018 - 2:44pmKatherine E Kerlin/health/news/coconut-snow-leopard-recovers-eyelid-surgery