Experimental induction and monitoring of liver abscesses in cattle with ultrasonography
Date
2010-11-22
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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract
We have demonstrated that ultrasonography can be used to visualize liver abscess in live cattle. We have also developed a nonsurgical method of catheterizing the bovine portal vein and experimentally inducing liver abscesses by inoculating the portal vein with Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteria.
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Beef, Liver abscess, Ultrasonography
