Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Santosh K, Dilipkumar D, Vijay Kumar, Bhagavantappa B, Shivaprakash BV, Venkatgiri, Patil NA, Usturge SM, Ashok P, Ravindra BG and Srinivas R

Abstract:
Eighteen clinical cases of dogs of either sex presented to TVCC, Veterinary College and Bidar were subjected to systemic evaluation for diagnosis of the abdominal disease condition, including determination of haemato-biochemical parameters and diagnostic imaging. With the help of this modulates abdominal affections were diagnosed as intussusception, pyometra, cystitis and prostate hyperplasia. In intussusception, plain abdominal radiography revealed dilated gas and fluid filled intestinal loops proximal to the site of intussusception in four cases. Whereas two cases showed dilated gas and fluid filled intestinal loops and it was not possible to confirm to diagnose the cases as intussusception by radiography alone. Intussusception had characteristic sonographic appearance like alternative hypo and hyper echoic concentric rings in transverse scan. For intussusception ultrasonography was very much useful diagnostic tool, than plain radiography. In pyometra, plain radiography revealed a dense tubular structure which was extended up to caudal abdomen and increased soft tissue density were the strong findings of open and closed pyometra, for the further confirmation ultrasonography was done to see the characteristic ultrasonography signs like thickened hyper echoic uterine wall and hypochoic to anechoic lumen in open pyometra and convoluted tubular structure with a hypochoic to anechoic lumen in closed pyometra. In open pyometra ultrasonography was more useful than plain radiography. However, in closed pyometra ultrasonography and plain radiography has got equal diagnostic importance. For uterine disorders both plain radiography and ultrasonography were useful diagnostic tools than haematobiochemical parameters. In Cystitis, on plain radiography no specific radiographic observations were made. On ultrasonography it revealed a hyper echoic structure with acoustic shadows and thickened wall of the urinary bladder in five, out of six cases. However, asymmetrically enlarged prostate gland with hypo and hyper echoic parenchyma indicating the prostatic hyperplasia with thickened wall of the urinary bladder was seen in one case. Ultrasonography was more effective in diagnosis of cystitis and prostatic hyperplasia than plain radiography and haematobiochemical parameters.