Volume: 54 Issue: 1
Year: 2023, Page: 239-242, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.239-242
Received: June 29, 2022 Accepted: Nov. 1, 2022 Published: March 31, 2023
This study aimed to evaluate the Doppler ultrasonographic features of ventral perineal artery of bitches during different phases of oestrous cycle. Sixteen pluriparous bitches were subjected to transperineal Doppler ultrasonography during different stages of oestrous cycle by confirming the stage by exfoliative vaginal cytotlogy (EVC) and vaginoscopy. The resistivity index (RI), pulsatility index (PI), peak systolic velocity (PSV), end diastolic velocity (EDV) and systolic/ diastolic velocity (S/D) were analysed. No significant difference was found between the Doppler velocimetric parameters of ventral perineal artery during different phases of oestrous cycle by
trasnperineal Doppler ultrasonography.
Keywords: Keywords: Canine, oestrous cycle, ultrasonography, doppler
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Nikhila,E.S., Magnus Paul,K., Jayakumar,C., Aravind,A. and Kurian,E. Doppler ultrasonography of ventral perineal artery in bitches during different stages of oestrous cycle. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(1):239-242
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.239-242