1MVSc Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
2Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
3Assistent Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
4Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 007 (TN)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: david.danasany2812@gmail.com
Online published on 28 May, 2020.
Ultrasonographic study of the abdomen was performed on 3130 dogs spanning the period from June 2017 to June 2019. Out of the total number of dogs, 121 (3.86%) dogs were suffering from various gastrointestinal affections, which included intussusception (8.26%), gastritis (9.9%), inflammatory bowel disease (21.5%), impaction (21.5%), foreign body obstruction (26.4%), gastric dilatation (7.4%) and neoplasms (5.0%). It was concluded that ultrasonography was a useful aid in the diagnosis of different gastrointestinal tract affections.
Foreign body, Intussusception, IBD, Neoplasm, Ultrasonography
