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Volume 10 (1) : 26 - 30, 2006. Redacted 2018.


Diagnosis of obstructive urolithiasis in cattle and buffalo by ultrasonography.

 

Magda A


Dept. of Surgery, Faculty of Vet. Med.Assiut University, Egypt 

 

ABSTRACT

 

Magda A., Diagnosis of obstructive urolithiasis in cattle and Buffalo by using ultrasonography Onl J Vet Res., 10 (1) 26 -30, 2006. We report ultrasound diagnosis of obstructive urolithiasis and rupture of the urinary bladder in cattle and buffalo. The study was carried out on 30 non castrated male cattle and buffaloes (19 cattle bulls and 11 buffaloes), suffering from obstructive urolithiasis. Case history and clinical signs were recorded. Diagnosis was confirmed by radiography and surgery. Ultrasonographic examination showed urethral pulsation and urethral dilatation in front of the seat of obstruction as well as the changes in the wall thickness of the urinary bladder and urethra due to rupture, inflammation or obstruction. Ultrasound allowed diagnosed of cystitis in 19 cases, in which the wall of the bladder was thickened, and the urine was turbid. Ruptured urinary bladder was visible in 12 cases. The site of rupture in the urinary bladder was visible in 4 cases. Free abdominal fluid due to rupture of the urinary bladder was visible in 20 cases. In 8 of these cases, the urinary bladder healed spontaneously after rupture and was intact and distended with urine in the ultrasound examination.


Key words:
Cattle, Buffalo, ultrasonography, obstructive


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