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Normal Cross – Sectional Anatomy of the Bovine Digit: Comparison of Computed Tomography and Limb Anatomy
Author(s) -
Raji A. R.,
Sardari K.,
Mohammadi H. R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00825.x
Subject(s) - hoof , computed tomography , anatomy , sagittal plane , tomography , cadaver , numerical digit , dairy cattle , nuclear medicine , medicine , radiology , biology , mathematics , zoology , arithmetic
Summary The purpose of this study was to define the structures of the digits and hoof in Holstein dairy cattle by using computed tomography scan (CT scan). Transverse, sagital and dorsoplantar CT images of two isolated cattle cadaver digits were obtained using a Siemens ARTX2 Somatom. The CT images were compared to corresponding frozen cross‐sections. Relevant anatomical structures were identified and labelled at each level. The CT images provided anatomical detail of the digits and hoof in Holstein dairy cattle. Transversal images provided excellent depiction of anatomical structures when compared to corresponding frozen cross‐sections. The information presented in this paper would serve as an initial reference to the evaluation of CT images of the digits and hoof in Holstein dairy cattle.