1PG Scholar, Assistant Professor, Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mathura.
UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Pashuchikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura - 281 001 (Uttar Pradesh)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: ishitagulshan@rediffmail.com
Online published on 1 March, 2021.
Ultrasonographic examination of the pancreas was performed in 18 apparently healthy dogs. The animals were of either sex, belonging to different breeds and divided into three groups of six animals each based on their age; as group I (1-9 m), group II (> 9 m to 6 yr) and group III (> 6 yr). The scanning was performed in two planes (sagittal and transverse) after properly restraining the dogs in lateral or in dorsal recumbency without any sedation. The pancreas was scanned through the sub-costal approach using 7.5 MHz curvilinear transducer. The pancreas appeared to be hypoechoic to isoechoic as compared to the surrounding structures in all groups. The echo-architecture of both lobes of pancreas was homogeneous in animals of all the groups and lacked capsular marginations. The mean width of right lobe of pancreas was 1.2±0.03 cm in group I, 1.31±0.06 cm in group II and 1.5±0.06 cm in group III. The mean width of left lobe of pancreas was 1.47±0.16 cm in group I, 1.77±0.10 cm in group II and 1.92±0.15 cm in group III. The mean thickness of left lobe of pancreas was 1.17±0.06 cm in group I, 1.35±0.09 cm in group II and 1.5±0.10 cm in group III. These dimensions and the echo-architecture of the pancreas may assist in the diagnosis of pathologies of the pancreas or other organs.
Dogs, Pancreas, Ultrasonography
