Cat Ultrasound
Ultrasound, which does not use radiation to show the internal organs, is very safe. The equipment is very expensive; however, how it sounds when we heard an ultrasound & a cat. In an ultrasound examination of a cat, a doctor must be specially trained to interpret the pictures. This specialist might be a radiologist or cardiologist (for an ultrasound of the heart). Many times these specialists work at large referral centers or veterinary schools. A cat ultrasound is useful to examine reproductive organs, eyes, heart, abdominal organs, kidneys, etc.
Whenever you find your loved one pet cat is very ill and is seriously injured, you can rush to a nearby veterinarian. There, if your veterinarian is not exactly knowing what is the cause of all this. Then he must go for a cat ultrasound.
In ultrasound for cats, your veterinarian can perform an ultrasound on various parts of the body. For example, in the ultrasound of the abdomen, the organs which are traced are the liver, intestines, stomach, spleen, kidneys, etc. With the help of ultrasound kidneys, we can examine the size of the kidney, and shape of the kidney and even he can view it internally to find some injury.
We can even trace the symptoms like diarrhea, and vomiting through ultrasounds in a cat. It can also be performed when there is weight loss, or there are any abnormalities in reproduction. At that time it’s good to go for a pet cat’s ultrasound. Ultrasound of the abdominal is helpful in many ways because it is helpful to detect pregnancy. It can even detect the capability of living of a fetus during pregnancy.
In ultrasound, high-speed sound waves (more than 20,000 per second) are transmitted from the tip of a device called a transducer. This tip also houses a microphone. The sound waves bounce off various organs differently, and these reflected waves are displayed on a television-like oscilloscope. Sedation may not be necessary, because ultrasound is a painless procedure. A lubricant and the transducer are placed on a shaved area of the skin over the area to be examined.
A cat ultrasound is extremely helpful in diagnosing and monitoring a pet with cardiomyopathy and other heart diseases. This procedure is called an echocardiogram. Ultrasound is also very helpful in viewing the gall bladder, liver, spleen, kidney, lymph nodes, pancreas, uterus, ovaries, and chest. Sometimes during biopsies, doctors use ultrasound to view the internal organs while directing the needle or forceps to the site. Evaluating the fetuses during pregnancy is another very useful procedure.
One thing we should keep in our mind before taking our cat to an ultrasound is to remove hair from her body. This is because to make complete contact of the equipment with the cat’s body. It is not compulsory, but most ultrasound examination of a cat requires hair removal for better results. The cost of a cat’s ultrasound varies and depends on several factors. In ultrasound checks for cats, no pain is evolved. And if your cat is cooperative it will be very easy for the veterinarian to take your pet cat’s ultrasound.
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