The use of ultrasonic imaging techniques for diagnostic purposes in veteri nary medicine and animal science has lagged far behind their use in human medicine. In the area of domestic animal reproduction, diagnostic ultrasono graphy has a relatively short history. Reports on B-mode scanning first appeared as late as 1969, when Stouffer and co-workers used it for counting foetal numbers in late gestation sheep. After Lindahl had re-evaluated the potential of two-dimensional ultrasonography for pregnancy diagnosis in sheep in 1976, results of the first large scale field-trials by Fowler and Wilkins on predicting foetal numbers during the first half of gestation in sheep were published as recently as 1980. In this year also the first paper, by Palmer and co-workers, on ultrasonic scanning of the uterus and ovaries in the mare appeared. The improvement of diagnostics which was achieved by the application of this technique is illustrated by its present routine use in clinical equine practice and sheep breeding. Besides offe ring an accurate early pregnancy diagnosis in species such as the horse, cow, sheep, goat, pig and dog, ultrasonography enables the visualization of ovarian and uterine structures for the identification of both physiological and pathological conditions. In this way it replaces or supplements the more common diagnostic techniques used by the general practitioner so far. Ultrasonography has also opened several new lines of research for clini cians and research workers.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
ISBN-10
9048140536
ISBN-13
9789048140534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108156544
Product Key Features
Author
A. H. Willemse
Publication Name
Diagnostic Ultrasound and Animal Reproduction
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Series
Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
VII, 129 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
51
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Qp1-981
Table of Content
Technical principles of ultrasound.- The use of ultrasonography in the reproductive management of mares in the field.- Ultrasonic characteristics of pathological conditions of the equine uterus and ovaries.- Ultrasononic characteristics of physiological structures on bovine ovaries.- Ultrasonic characteristics of pathological conditions of the bovine uterus and ovaries.- Early pregnancy diagnosis in cattle by means of transrectal real-time ultrasound scanning of the uterus.- The application of real-time ultrasonic scanning in commercial sheep, goats and cattle production enterprises.- The diagnosis of pregnancy and pseudopregnancy, and the determination of foetal numbers of goats by means of real-time ultrasound scanning.- The use of linear-array real-time ultrasonography for pregnancy diagnosis in pigs.- Accuracy of pregnancy diagnosis in dogs by means of linear-array ultrasound scanning.- Diagnostic ultrasound in other areas of veterinary medicine.- Diagnostic ultrasound and human reproduction.- Index of subjects.
Copyright Date
1989
Topic
Diagnostic Imaging / General, Veterinary Medicine / General, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Acoustics & Sound