Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 1999

Seiten: 58-64

Zeitschrift: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

Bandnummer: 40

Heftnummer: 1

ISSN: 1058-8183

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb01839.x

Verlag: Wiley

Abstract: 
The purpose of this article is to provide a survey of the diagnostic use of transcutaneous sonographic examination of the urogenital tract of pet birds. Possibilities and limitations in imaging normal and altered components of this organ system are discussed, Ultrasonographic examination of the avian urogenital tract was evaluated in 386 pet birds. Abnormal clinical signs were present in 289 birds; 97 birds were normal. Transcutaneous ultrasonography proved to be a useful, noninvasive, and fast diagnostic tool, especially in imaging laminated eggs and changes of the oviduct. Until now, these pathologic changes were not diagnosable in birds with other common noninvasive methods (e.g. radiography), The imaging of low-grade changes of the oviduct, disorders of the kidney without enlargement of the organ, as well as roughening of the egg shell proved to be difficult. Sonographic imaging of neither the normal kidney nor the inactive gonads was possible.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Hofbauer, H. and Krautwald-Junghanns, M. (1999) Transcutaneous ultrasonography of the avian urogenital tract, Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, 40(1), pp. 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb01839.x

APA-Zitierstil: Hofbauer, H., & Krautwald-Junghanns, M. (1999). Transcutaneous ultrasonography of the avian urogenital tract. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. 40(1), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb01839.x