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
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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), 118-119. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2342
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