Our Facebook journey continues this week, and starts by considering some of the less conventional posts that have made appearances on the Vet Image Solutions page. Working in the field of veterinary ultrasound doesn’t just mean scanning dogs and cats – in fact, ultrasound can be carried out on a whole range of animals, including…skunks. Mark Crompton shared this piece of information on the 24th April when he scanned a pregnant skunk, and explained that understandably he didn’t want to get sprayed! This was followed by a post on the 30th May by Sue Creedy who wanted to know if anyone was able to scan a skunk for her…don’t worry though, this time she was ‘descented’, so no chance of any unfortunate accidents occurring! As an aside, did you know that the skunk has a gestation period of approximately 9 weeks, and baby skunks are called kits (University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC IPM Online)? It just goes to show there really is such wide scope when carrying out ultrasonography on members of the veterinary species.

Our Facebook page can also function as a place where members can find out any important news about the scanners we stock, events we hold and even our plans for the future. One such example is the installation of a section on our website dedicated to the buying and selling of second-hand scanners. This was posted on the 14th January and this section has now been added to our website – to find it please look under the ‘clearance’ tab, where you may be able to grab yourself a bargain.

However, the posts that I find personally the most rewarding are those that provide us with updates on the pregnancy outcome of an animal that was previously scanned either at a training day/by a scanner that was purchased from Vet Image Solutions. Ruth Bryant let us know that a count carried out on a scanning day proved correct, when Roxie the dog gave birth to 7 puppies on the 27th March, whilst JJ Sheep posted the good news that another dog, Tumble had given birth to 5 puppies on Good Friday. More recently, on the 26th May, Jennie Lill revealed that Pepper, who was scanned at the Warwick training course run in April had given birth to her puppies too (all complete with photographic evidence!). Finally, cat breeders shouldn’t feel left out, as Sharon Woodburn posted a picture of very cute Sphinx kittens on the 2nd May. All these pictures are most definitely worth a look.

It should be apparent by now that the Vet Image Solutions Facebook page can cater for many of your veterinary ultrasound needs. Whether you want some advice on a particular ultrasound scanner, advice on scanning itself or you just want to show off your talents, the Facebook page is sure to be of benefit to breeders, farmers and veterinarians alike. To find out information about anything that has been discussed either in this article or on Facebook, please don’t hesitate to contact us.