CONTRIBUTION TO THE SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATI ON OF THE BIRD PATIENT .B. SONOGRAPHY OF THE UROGENITAL TRACT, THE GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT AND THEHEART

This paper describes the experience with the use of ultrasound in dise ases of the urogenital tract, the gastrointestinal tract and the heart in birds. Sonographic examination was performed in avian patients of the Clinic for Avian Diseases in the last two years. Physiological app earence of the organs as well as some cases of frequently diagnosed pa thological alterations are described. With this diagnostic tool cysts or tumors of the kidneys and the ovary as well as egg binding may be s een. In different diseases of the gastrointestinal tract we found thic kening of the wall. Hydropericard is a commonly seen pathological alte ration of the heart. The advantages and disadvantages of the sonograph ic examination in the diagnosis of diseases of the urogenital and gast rointestinal tract and the heart as well as in useful combination with other diagnostic tools are discussed.