| Ultrasonography |
We currently have four diagnostic ultrasound machines, allowing a complete range of ultrasound examinations to be performed, including linear array scanning with probes ranging from 4MHz to 10MHz, and sector scanning (with ability to perform colour flow doppler examinations) with probes from 2.5MHz to 6MHz. Ultrasound examinations have become a major and valuable part of the investigation of horses affected by many orthopaedic diseases (e.g. tendon and ligament damage, joint evaluation, some fractures, back diseases, etc.), abdominal diseases (e.g. colics, abdominal tumours, weight loss cases, liver diseases, etc.), thoracic diseases (e.g. heart conditions, pleurisy, etc.), and gynaecological conditions (e.g. pregnancy diagnosis, routine monitoring pre-breeding and for A.I., ovarian abnormalities, etc.). Ultrasound guidance is commonly used for the precise and safe biopsy of the liver, kidney and other internal structures. Transverse ultrasound image of a horse that has a strain injury of the superficial flexor tendon.  Ultrasound scan of a horse’s chest showing a large amount of fluid in the chest cavity due to pleurisy. |
