Evaluation of arterial digital blood flow using Doppler ultrasonography in healthy dairy cows.

Müller, H; Heinrich, M; Mielenz, N; Reese, S; Steiner, Adrian; Starke, A (2017). Evaluation of arterial digital blood flow using Doppler ultrasonography in healthy dairy cows. BMC veterinary research, 13(1), p. 162. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12917-017-1090-8

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BACKGROUND

Local circulatory disturbances have been implicated in the development of foot disorders in cattle. The goals of this study were to evaluate the suitability of the interdigital artery in the pastern region in both hind limbs using pulsed-wave (PW) Doppler ultrasonography and to investigate quantitative arterial blood flow variables at that site in dairy cows. An Esaote MyLabOne ultrasound machine with a 10-MHz linear transducer was used to assess blood flow in the interdigital artery in the pastern region in both hind limbs of 22 healthy German Holstein cows. The cows originated from three commercial farms and were restrained in a standing hoof trimming chute without sedation.

RESULTS

A PW Doppler signal suitable for analysis was obtained in 17 of 22 cows. The blood flow profiles were categorised into four curve types, and the following quantitative variables were measured in three uniform cardiac cycles: vessel diameter, pulse rate, maximum systolic velocity, maximum diastolic velocity, end-diastolic velocity, reverse velocity, maximum time-averaged mean velocity, blood flow rate, resistance index and persistence index. The measurements did not differ among cows from the three farms. Maximum systolic velocity, vessel diameter and pulse rate did not differ but other variables differed significantly among blood flow profiles.

CONCLUSIONS

Differences in weight-bearing are thought to be responsible for the normal variability of blood flow profiles in healthy cows. The scanning technique used in this report for evaluation of blood flow in the interdigital artery appears suitable for further investigations in healthy and in lame cows.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Veterinary Public Health / Herd Health Management
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > Clinic for Ruminants

UniBE Contributor:

Steiner, Adrian

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

1746-6148

Publisher:

BioMed Central

Language:

English

Submitter:

Jeannette Glauser

Date Deposited:

11 Jul 2017 15:47

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:06

Publisher DOI:

10.1186/s12917-017-1090-8

PubMed ID:

28587605

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Arterial blood flow; Cattle; Foot; Pulsed wave Doppler; Ultrasonography

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.101330

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/101330

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