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Immediately following riboflavin administration, samples were harvested, frozen, and sectioned. Riboflavin penetration was imaged using fluorescence microscopy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Horse samples processed with iontophoresis without epithelium for 2.5, 5, and 7.5\u00a0minutes, and processed with intact epithelium for 20\u00a0minutes, had mean percent stromal penetration (%SP<jats:sub>mean<\/jats:sub>) of 63.4%, 93.8%, 100.0%, and 0.0% (respectively). Dog samples processed with iontophoresis without epithelium for 2.5 and 5\u00a0minutes, had %SP<jats:sub>mean<\/jats:sub> of 60.7% and 82.1% (respectively). Pig samples processed with iontophoresis for 5\u00a0minutes without and with epithelium had %SP<jats:sub>mean<\/jats:sub> of 63.3% and 35.1% (respectively). Rabbit samples processed with iontophoresis without epithelium for 2.5 and 5\u00a0minutes, had %SP<jats:sub>mean<\/jats:sub> of 81.8% and 100.0% (respectively). 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