Open Access
Research
(Published
online: 13-08-2016)
8.
Transabdominal color doppler
ultrasonography: A relevant approach for assessment of effects
of uterine torsion in buffaloes -
Devender, Ramesh Kumar Chandolia, Anand Kumar Pandey, Vishal
Yadav, Parveen Kumar and Jasmer Dalal
Veterinary World, 9(8): 842-849
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2016.842-849
Devender:
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Lala Lajpat
Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar - 125
004, Haryana, India; devdhanda27@gmail.com
Ramesh Kumar Chandolia:
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Lala Lajpat
Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar - 125
004, Haryana, India; rchandolia@yahoo.com
Anand Kumar Pandey:
Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Lala Lajpat Rai University
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar - 125 004, Haryana,
India; dranandpandey@gmail.com
Vishal Yadav:
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Lala Lajpat
Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar - 125
004, Haryana, India; yadav62vishal@gmail.com
Parveen Kumar:
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Lala Lajpat
Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar - 125
004, Haryana, India; pkvet348@gmail.com
Jasmer Dalal:
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Lala Lajpat
Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar - 125
004, Haryana, India; jasmer.sl.dalal@gmail.com
Received: 02-04-2016, Accepted: 16-07-2016, Published online:
13-08-2016
Corresponding author:
Devender, e-mail: devdhanda27@gmail.com
Citation:
Devender, Chandolia RK, Pandey AK, Yadav V, Kumar P, Dalal J
(2016) Transabdominal color Doppler ultrasonography: A relevant
approach for assessment of effects of uterine torsion in
buffaloes, Veterinary World, 9(8): 842-849.
Abstract
Aim:
The present study was conducted on advanced pregnant buffaloes
suffering from uterine torsion to assess the status of fetus and
uterus by transabdominal ultrasonography, and the findings were
compared with normal advanced pregnant buffaloes.
Materials and Methods:
The study was conducted on 20 clinical cases of uterine torsion
and 20 normal advanced pregnant buffaloes (control group). The
lower ventral area just lateral to linea alba (on both sides of
the udder) in standing animals was scanned transabdominally by
the two-dimensional convex transducer for various
ultrasonographic findings. The data collected were statistically
analyzed by “one-way ANOVA” and “independent sample t-test”
using computerized SPSS 16.0 software program.
Results:
Transabdominal ultrasonography revealed dead fetus in 95%
uterine torsion cases and proved useful in imaging internal
structures of fetuses while no dead fetus was reported in the
control group. Size of umbilicus was found significantly
decreased (p<0.05) in uterine torsion group in comparison to
control animals, but the decrease in placentomal area was
marginal (p>0.05) in uterine torsion group. Average thickness of
the uterine wall and mean pixel values of fetal fluids (echogenicity)
were found significantly increased (p<0.05) in uterine torsion
affected buffaloes in comparison to control group.
Conclusion:
Status of fetus (whether live or dead), internal status of
uterus, and its contents could be determined by transabdominal
ultrasonography in uterine torsion cases and thus determining
the prognosis of the uterine torsion cases before going for
further manipulations. This will also help in taking all the
precautions to avoid death of the fetus.
Keywords:
buffaloes, pixel value, transabdominal, ultrasonography, uterine
torsion.
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