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Superficial swellings in sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra hircus): Clinical and ultrasonographic findings.
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The Journal of veterinary medical science [J Vet Med Sci] 2019 Sep 18; Vol. 81 (9), pp. 1326-1333. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 08. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This study describes the clinical presentation of superficial swellings and evaluates the utility of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of such swellings in sheep and goats. Ninety-three sheep and 73 goats were included in this study on the basis of presence of superficial swellings on the head (n=56), neck (n=16), chest wall (n=3), abdominal wall (n=40), umbilicus (n=14), scrotum (n=16), testes (n=1), udder (n=7), limbs (n=2), gluteal region (n=5), tail (n=1), and penile urethra (n=5). Ultrasonographic evaluation of these superficial swellings allowed the diagnosis of abscesses (n=54; 32.52%), cysts (n=12; 7.23%), hernias (n=57; 34.33%), hematomas (n=14; 8.44%), tumors (n=24; 14.45%), and urethral diverticula (n=5; 3.03%). Each lesion type could be precisely discriminated (sensitivity, 88-100%; specificity, 80-100%; and P=0.001). Ultrasonography was found to have a specificity of 100% for the diagnosis of hernias, urethral diverticula, and tumors, and a lower specificity of 80% for hematomas and 93% for abscesses when used for evaluation of superficial swellings in sheep and goats. In conclusion, ultrasonography is a unique, non-invasive diagnostic imaging tool that allows the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and subsequent surgical treatment of different types of superficial swellings in sheep and goats.
- Subjects :
- Abscess diagnostic imaging
Abscess veterinary
Animals
Bursitis diagnostic imaging
Bursitis veterinary
Diverticulum diagnostic imaging
Diverticulum veterinary
Female
Goats
Hematoma diagnostic imaging
Hematoma veterinary
Hernia diagnostic imaging
Hernia veterinary
Male
Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
Neoplasms veterinary
Sheep
Ultrasonography methods
Urethral Diseases diagnostic imaging
Goat Diseases diagnostic imaging
Sheep Diseases diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography veterinary
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1347-7439
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of veterinary medical science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31391383
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0209