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Experimental induction and monitoring of liver abscesses in cattle with ultrasonography

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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.

Keywords: Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 88-363-S, Cattlemen's Day, 1988, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 539, Beef, Liver abscess, Ultrasonography

How to Cite: Lechtenberg, K. , Avery, T. & Nagaraja, T. G. (1988) “Experimental induction and monitoring of liver abscesses in cattle with ultrasonography”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 1(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2342