%T Ultrasonography Examination of the Kidney in Bali Cattle
%N 2
%X Ultrasonography is an important technology for examining renal measurements, including length and width. The kidneys can be easily examined, and various structures in the kidneys are distinguishable with ultrasound. This research aimed to determine the normal ultrasonographic appearance of the kidneys in healthy adult Bali cattle, providing a reference for future descriptions of Bali cattle kidneys. In this research, 8 Bali cattle, aged 2–3 years with the healthy status of the urinary system were examined. The tool used was an animal ultrasound device, named Mindray DP10 Veterinary Ultrasound, with a 3–7.5 MHz convex transducer, utilizing a B-mode image mode. The transducer was placed in the right paralumbar fossae. The results indicated that the average horizontal length of the kidneys was 17.36 cm and the average vertical diameter of the kidney was 4.6 cm. The echogenicity of the renal cortex showed an echoic image, while the pyramidal part of the renal medulla indicated a relatively hypoechoic image. The results of measuring the diameter of the left kidney in clinically healthy Bali cattle could be used as a basis for decision-making in determining the clinical status of kidney health in this breed of cattle. Open Access: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. © The Author(s) 2024
%O Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Diagnostic, Clinical Pathology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University, Bali80361, Indonesia; Laboratory of Veterinary Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University, Bali80361, Indonesia; Laboratory of Veterinary Genetics and Reproduction Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University, Bali80361, Indonesia
%J World's Veterinary Journal
%I Scienceline Publication, Ltd
%L eprints1194
%P 228-233
%D 2024
%R 10.54203/scil.2024.wvj28
%V 14
%A I.W.N.F. Gunawan
%A P.D. Jayanti
%A A.A.G.O. Dharmayudha
%A W. Sukernayasa
%A I.K. Puja
%K adult; animal experiment; animal tissue; Article; B scan; banteng; controlled study; decision making; female; health status; kidney cortex; kidney medulla; kidney size; kidney structure; morphology; morphometry; nonhuman; urinary tract