Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of ultrasonography for visualization of teats in goats using different techniques. Thirty clinically healthy Bulgarian Dairy White goats, aged 3-7 years, weighing 45-60 kg were studied. They were between the first and third months of lactation and were reared under an identical production system. The ultrasonography of 60 teats was performed by means of diagnostic ultrasound Mindray DP-2200Vet (Mindray, China) and 5, 7.5 and 10 MHz probes. Each teat was scanned by the "direct contact", "stand o f f and "water bath" techniques. The possibility of visualization of teat orifice, teat canal, rosette of Furstenberg, teat wall, teat cistern and the boundary between teat and gland cisterns was investigated. The results were processed by statistical software (StatSoft, Microsoft Corp. 1984-2000 Inc.). The "direct contact" and "stand o f f techniques allowed the visualization of the proximal teat part, but the structures in the distal part of the teat were hardly visible (P
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
DOI: 10.16988/iuvfd.77279
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W69084491