1Private Practitioner, Assistant Professor, Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mathura
U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Pashu-Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura - 281 001 (UP)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: vickeyvet@gmail.com
Online published on 1 March, 2021.
Twelve mongrel dogs (7 male and 5 female) which were found healthy on the basis of clinicophysiological, radiographical, haematological and electrocardiographical examinations were included in the study for determination of spectral echocardiographic indices. In spectral Doppler echocardiography, significantly higher values of ‘A’ wave velocity of mitral and tricuspid valves, and aortic flow velocity were recorded in female animals as compared to males. In the males, all the spectral Doppler measurements correlated negatively with body weight and body surface area. However, in females, mitral ‘A’ wave velocity and aortic flow velocity showed positive correlation, while all the other spectral Doppler parameters showed negative correlation with body weight and body surface area.
Dogs, Spectral doppler echocardiography, Ultrasonography
