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Clinical ultrasonography in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): imaging of pathological features
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Majo, María Sol De Macrì, Francesco Masucci, Marisa Coci, G. Pennisi, Maria Grazia |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Ultrasound scans were used to image pathological features in sea turtles. Scans were carried out in 19 loggerhead sea turtles, weighing from 2 to 21 kg, during the course of clinical examinations using 3.5 and 7.5 MHz sector transducers. The examination was performed after placing turtles in dorsal recumbency. Turtles were manually restrained and, in order to find the most suitable acoustic windows, were held down either by their heads (left and right cervicobrachial windows), front flippers (left and right axillary windows) or back flippers (left and right prefemoral and postfemoral windows). The right and left cervicobrachial windows allowed visualisation of the liver and gallbladder; the stomach was localised through the left prefemoral acoustic window; the intestinal loops were observed through the left and right prefemoral acoustic windows; the bladder was identified through both prefemoral acoustic windows. The pathological findings were as follows: idiopathic ileus, an intestinal linear foreign body and smooth muscle hypertrophy, presence of calculi and sediment in the gallbladder. These results highlight the importance of ultrasound examination along with clinical examination in sea turtles for the evalu- ation of coelomic pathologies. |
| Starting Page | 155 |
| Ending Page | 161 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.17221/8767-VETMED |
| Volume Number | 61 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://vri.cz/docs/vetmed/61-3-155.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
