Imaging Essentials: Small Animal Abdominal Ultrasonography – A Tour of the Abdomen: Part 2

As originally published in Today’s Veterinary Practice,” March/April 2016 (Volume 6, Number 2)

Danielle Mauragis, AS, CVT, and Clifford R. Berry, DVM, Diplomate ACVRUniversity of Florida

Welcome to our series of articles on small animal abdominal ultrasonography. The first 3 articles provided an overview of basic ultrasonography principles, while the previous article and this one review a systematic pattern for scanning the abdomen. Future articles will discuss scanning principles for each abdominal organ and system, normal sonographic appearance of abdominal organs and systems, and identification of common abnormalities seen during