COMPARISON OF ADRENAL GLANDS ULTRASONOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTHY PUPPIES AND KITTENS

Authors

  • Ivan F. Charas Santos Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. Universidade Paulista Júlio de Mesquita filho. Botucatu.SP. Brasil
  • Maria Jaqueline Mamprim Universidade Paulista Júlio de Mesquita filho. Botucatu.SP. Brasil
  • Raquel Sartor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v14i4.23953

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Animal sanity

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze and compare the ultrasound characteristics of adrenal glands between healthy puppies and kittens by establishing standards of normality and references. Fifteen healthy crossbred puppies with mean weight of 3 kg and fifteen healthy crossbred kittens with mean weight of 2 kg, aged between five and six months, participated in the study. The animals were submitted to ultrasound exam of adrenal glands for visualization of their internal characteristics. The frequency of visualization of adrenal glands was 100% in kittens. In puppies the frequency was 75% for the right gland and 100% for the left gland. The puppy’s adrenal gland, both right and left, were bigger in length (1.08 ± 0.01 cm, 1.11 ± 0.01 cm) and width (0.42 ± 0.02 cm, 0.45 ± 0.01 cm) in relation to kittens’ adrenal gland length (0.64 ± 0.01 cm, 0.63 ± 0.01 cm) and width (0.30 ± 0.02 cm, 0.34 ± 0.01 cm). The adrenal gland of puppies and kittens was hypoechogenic to the surrounded fat, delimited by a hyperechogenic line and without distinction of the cortical and medullar region. The ultrasound dimensions of length and width of the adrenal glands, both right and left, were the same in puppies and kittens. The right and left puppies’ adrenal glands were longer and wider than the kittens’ glands.

KEYWORDS: Abdomen; adrenal gland; small animals; ultrasound.

 

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Published

2013-12-17

How to Cite

SANTOS, I. F. C.; MAMPRIM, M. J.; SARTOR, R. COMPARISON OF ADRENAL GLANDS ULTRASONOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTHY PUPPIES AND KITTENS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 4, p. 514–521, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v14i4.23953. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/23953. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2013)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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