1MVSc Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 (Himachal Pradesh)
2Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 (Himachal Pradesh)
3Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 (Himachal Pradesh)
CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 (Himachal Pradesh)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: adarsh9kan@gmail.com
Online Published on 14 September, 2022.
The aim of the present study was to develop methods for ultrasound-guided cholecystocentesis and portocentesis in cattle and to evaluate the usefulness of collected bile for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Six animals, including 4 cows and 2 buffaloes were subjected to cholecystocentesis and six cows to portocentesis. The gall bladder appeared ultrasonographically as a typical fluid-filled vesicle in the 11thand 10th intercostal space and cholecystocentesis was achieved trans-hepatically and trans-peritoneally. The excessive manoeuvring of the needle tip was avoided as it might have perforated the wall of gall bladder. The procedure enabled the physician to opt for in-depth diagnostic approach to liver pathology. The star-shaped portal vein was identified from the right side and centesis was performed through the 11th, 10thand 9th intercostal space. The haemorrhage from the portal vein was relatively less, because of low blood pressure and also as the liver served to seal the opening created by centesis.
Cattle, Cholecystocentesis, Gall bladder, Portocentesis, Ultrasound-guided
