Infection of the nasolacrimal duct or ... of the duct fluorescein dye can be placed topically on the eye surface and the rabbit can be observed for the presence of dye at the nasal aperture ...

Because of the cost involved, however, the owner elected to euthanize the rabbit. The owner gave us permission to carry out a necropsy. We found a retrobulbar abscess of the right eye. We then ...