Equine Diagnostic Ultrasound

The FIRST text devoted solely to equine ultrasound! This comprehensive, new resource provides an overview of equine diagnostic ultrasonography--from more traditional applications to the most current. It details the normal anatomical relationships from an ultrasonographic perspective and indicates the lesions or injuries that can be imaged ultrasonographically. Readers will learn how to perform high-quality scans of all body systems and how to achieve the most accurate interpretations. What's more, they'll learn how to use the findings to formulate effective treatments and prognoses. Covers the more traditional applications: of diagnostic ultrasound in theriogenology and flexor tendon and ligament disorders, in the evaluation of thoracic and abdominal diseases, and of Power Doppler to evaluate low velocity blood flow. Features the newer applications for musculoskeletal imaging (fractures, osteomyelitis, collateral ligament desmitis, more), theriogenology (ultrasonography of the late term fetus and intrauterine environment), and spectral and color flow Doppler and their usefulness inthe horse. Explains--step-by-step--how to: perform scans of all body systems, obtain high quality images, and interpret those images. Discusses how to diagnose subtle lesions: evaluate soft tissue structures of joints, localize fracture fragments, osteomyelitis, and penetrating injuries to synovial structures, follow draining tracks, and locate foreign bodies. Demonstrates how to use echocardiographic findings to determine the significance of heart murmurs, and evaluate myocardial function in horses with poor performance. Shows how to diagnose a wide variety of abdominal disorders in foals and adult horses. Presents images of lesions and injuries that can be captured through ultrasound, and the techniques that were used to obtain them. Includes anatomic drawings to supplement the ultrasonic images.