Ultrasonography (US) is the recommended imaging technique to evaluate jugular veins. This prospective randomized clinical study was designed to collect a series of B-mode US measurements of manually distended jugular veins in healthy Italian Standardbreds and to find possible correlations between ultrasound measurements and animal morphometric characteristics. Forty-two horses, eight males and 34 females (range 3-22 years; bodyweight 494.4 ± 41.7 kg), were included in the study. The diameters and wall thicknesses of both jugular veins were measured at three different sites of the neck. The differences in ultrasound measurements based on scans, age, gender, side, and site of the neck were evaluated by ANOVA or by the Kruskal-Wallis test. The effects of the morphometric measures on each ultrasound parameter were evaluated by MANOVA (P < 0.05).

Ultrasonographic assessment of normal jugular veins in Standardbred horses / Pasolini, M. P.; Spinella, G.; Del Prete, C.; Valentini, S.; Coluccia, P.; Auletta, L.; Greco, M.; Meomartino, L.. - In: BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH. - ISSN 1746-6148. - 15:1(2019), p. 343. [10.1186/s12917-019-2104-5]

Ultrasonographic assessment of normal jugular veins in Standardbred horses

Pasolini M. P.;Del Prete C.
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Coluccia P.;Auletta L.;Greco M.;Meomartino L.
2019

Abstract

Ultrasonography (US) is the recommended imaging technique to evaluate jugular veins. This prospective randomized clinical study was designed to collect a series of B-mode US measurements of manually distended jugular veins in healthy Italian Standardbreds and to find possible correlations between ultrasound measurements and animal morphometric characteristics. Forty-two horses, eight males and 34 females (range 3-22 years; bodyweight 494.4 ± 41.7 kg), were included in the study. The diameters and wall thicknesses of both jugular veins were measured at three different sites of the neck. The differences in ultrasound measurements based on scans, age, gender, side, and site of the neck were evaluated by ANOVA or by the Kruskal-Wallis test. The effects of the morphometric measures on each ultrasound parameter were evaluated by MANOVA (P < 0.05).
2019
Ultrasonographic assessment of normal jugular veins in Standardbred horses / Pasolini, M. P.; Spinella, G.; Del Prete, C.; Valentini, S.; Coluccia, P.; Auletta, L.; Greco, M.; Meomartino, L.. - In: BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH. - ISSN 1746-6148. - 15:1(2019), p. 343. [10.1186/s12917-019-2104-5]
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