Table 3 Organs seen dorsal, ventral, cranial, caudal and lateral to the omasum on ultrasonograms in 30 healthy Saanen goats.
Location | Neighbouring organs | Intercostal spaces (number of goats) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 (n = 4) | 7 (n = 16) | 8 (n = 29) | 9 (n = 30) | 10 (n = 24) | 11 (n = 3) | ||
Dorsal | Lung | 4 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 3 |
Liver | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
Ventral | Reticulum | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Abomasum | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 0 | |
Intestines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 4 | |
Cranial | Lung | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reticulum | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Liver | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Caudal | Intestines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 3 |
Liver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Lateral | Liver | 4 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Gallbladder | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Intestines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |