Experimental induction and monitoring of liver abscesses in cattle with ultrasonography (1988)

Authors

K.F. Lechtenberg
T.B. Avery
Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja

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

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.

Recommended Citation

Lechtenberg, K.F.; Avery, T.B.; and Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (1988) "Experimental induction and monitoring of liver abscesses in cattle with ultrasonography (1988)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2342