Tharwat Mohamed
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2012 Oct;44(7):1555-60. doi: 10.1007/s11250-012-0105-5. Epub 2012 Feb 24.
The purpose of this study was to characterize the ultrasonographic findings in cattle and buffaloes with chronic hepatic fascioliosis. To the best of the author's knowledge, this report is the first to document ultrasonographic findings in buffaloes with chronic hepatic fascioliosis. Ultrasonographic findings included distended gallbladders with either homogenous or heterogeneous contents, edema of the gallbladder walls, which ranged from mild or moderate to severe and bile duct mineralization. In 78% of the buffaloes, there was an ultrasonographic picture of hepatic fibrosis in which heterogeneous and hyperechogenic hepatic parenchymas with multiple echogenic foci were imaged. Other ultrasonographic findings included peritoneal, pleural and pericardial effusions. Two cows and one buffalo were slaughtered and examined postmortem. Hence, it was possible to verify distended gallbladders, edema of the gallbladder wall, calcified bile ducts, cholestasis and hepatic fibrosis by using ultrasonography in the cows and buffaloes with chronic hepatic fascioliosis. The procedure offers a useful supplement to clinical, hematological and biochemical examinations on the diagnosis of this condition.
本研究的目的是描述患有慢性肝片吸虫病的牛和水牛的超声检查结果。据作者所知，本报告是首次记录患有慢性肝片吸虫病的水牛的超声检查结果。超声检查结果包括胆囊扩张，内容物均匀或不均匀，胆囊壁水肿，程度从轻度或中度到重度不等，以及胆管矿化。在78%的水牛中，有肝纤维化的超声图像，其中成像显示肝实质不均匀且回声增强，伴有多个回声灶。其他超声检查结果包括腹腔、胸腔和心包积液。对2头奶牛和1头水牛进行了屠宰并进行了死后检查。因此，通过超声检查可以在患有慢性肝片吸虫病的奶牛和水牛中验证胆囊扩张、胆囊壁水肿、胆管钙化、胆汁淤积和肝纤维化。该检查方法为这种疾病的诊断提供了对临床、血液学和生化检查的有用补充。
