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VETERINARY ULTRASOUND FROM YOUR ANGLE, SERIES 2
This week, the spotlight is turned on Jennie Lill, an experienced midwife with a penchant for breeding Miniature Schanuzers! Jennie decided to try her hand at veterinary ultrasound after she felt that rather than be dependent on vets to carry out scanning she would do it herself instead.
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Over the next few weeks we will be turning the spotlight onto you, looking at your experiences of ultrasound imaging. Each article will focus on an individual’s ultrasonography journey, and should hopefully give a taste of what it is like to be an ultrasound practitioner for anyone considering undertaking a similar career path. If you would like to be involved in this series, please contact us and we will send you a short questionnaire to fill out.
WHY ULTRASOUND MAY HELP IN OVINE PREGNANCY
The theme of ultrasound and pregnancy over the last few articles is continued this week as the paper published by Yotov SA in 2012 is discussed - Ultrasound Diagnostics of Late Embryonic and Foetal Death in Three Sheep Breeds, J. Vet Adv. 2(3) pp120-125. For those wishing to read the article in full, it can be accessed by clicking here.
USING ULTRASOUND TO CALCULATE GESTATIONAL AGE
A question stemming from the Vet Image Solutions Facebook page regarding gestational age motivated me to look at how reliable ultrasonography is for such an assessment.
DOES PREGNANCY ALWAYS MAKE YOU SICK?
It is a well-known fact that humans and animals exhibit some physiological similarities of pregnancy, not to mention the shared use of ultrasound to visualise and monitor the foetus during gestation. However, what about some of the more ‘symptomatic’ areas of pregnancy, such as the misfortune dubbed as morning sickness?
DON’T GET STRESSED OUT… ULTRASOUND IS HERE TO HELP
Pregnancy is a time of excitement, anticipation and change. Whether it be a change in your physical shape, in the food you eat, or in the lifestyle you lead, expectant mothers need to make sure that their pregnancy gives their unborn child the best possible start in life.