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ISSN 1328-925X
Volume 25
(12):846-850, 2021.
Prevalence of gallbladder disorders in
dogs by ultrasonography.
Aissi A.
1Surgery and Veterinary Imaging Service, Veterinary Department,
Veterinary Agro-Veterinary Sciences Institut, Batna University, Batna, Algeria.
ABSTRACT
Aissi A., Prevalence of
gallbladder disorders in dogs by ultrasonography, Onl
J Vet Res., (12):846-850, 2021. Author describes ultrasonography of gallbladders in
93 dogs with hepatobiliary disease by 3.5-5 MHZ convex transducer. Dogs were fasted
12h and shaved from 11th rib to umbilicus on either side of ventral abdomen and
tested in dorsal recumbency. The liver was examined by
scanning dorsal or lateral caudal xiphi-sternum for
longitudinal and transverse images of gallbladder. Ultrasound images were
evaluated for hepatic echogenicity, vascularity, gallbladder sludge, mucocele, polyps and cholecystitis. Gallbladder sludge was found
in 34 (37%) dogs as echogenic bile or sediment without acoustic shadowing with
one type characterized by a clear line of interface between the echogenic
sludge and anechoic bile, and another as accumulation of echogenic materials.
The gallbladder wall was mostly isoechoic. Mucocele appeared
as immobile gravity dependent stellate or finely striated bile in 3 animals
(3.22%). Cholecystitis was found in 23 dogs (25.8%) characterized by > 3mm
thickened gallbladder wall. We found polyp only in 1 dog appearing as echogenic
bile or sediment amassed to gallbladder wall. Images of ultrasounds are
provided.
Key Words: Ultrasound, gallbladder, canine,
sludge, cholecystitis.
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