Pregnancy Monitoring Using Four-Dimensional (4D) Ultrasonography in Bitches
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Date
2021-01
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TANUVAS, Chennai
Abstract
The study was conducted on pregnant bitches at Small Animal Gynaecology Ward,
Department of Clinics, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai- 600007, Tamil Nadu to
evaluate the use of four-dimensional (4D) ultrasonography in staging embryonic and fetal
development and for predicting the pregnancy outcome and to study the fetal anomalies
and fetal resorptionin bitches. Twelve pregnant bitches of different breeds of 10 to 40 kg
body weight were the experimental animals for the study. All the twelve pregnant bitches
were subjected to both 2D and 4D ultrasound examinations at days 30, 40, 50 and 60 post
breeding. The accuracy of gestational age prediction based on gestational sac diameter and
head diameter using 4D ultrasound was studied and compared with 2D (two-dimensional)
ultrasound. The present paper reports the use of 4D ultrasonography in diagnosing fetal
activity, fetal anomalies and fetal resorption in bitches.
Description
TNV_IJVASR_50(1)_Jan-Feb,2021_45-51
Keywords
Veterinary Science, Clinics