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Two‐dimensional and M‐mode echocardiographic reference values in healthy adult Saanen goats
Author(s) -
Leroux A. A.,
Moonen M. L.,
Farnir F.,
Sandersen C. F.,
Deleuze S.,
Salciccia A.,
Amory H.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.100192
Subject(s) - repeatability , confidence interval , medicine , coefficient of variation , reference values , analysis of variance , zoology , biology , statistics , mathematics
Echocardiography has become a routine non‐invasive cardiac diagnostic tool in most species. Accurate measurement of cardiac dimensions requires reference values, which are poorly documented in goats. The aim of the present study was to test the inter‐day repeatability and to establish the reference values of two‐dimensional (2D‐) and time‐motion (M‐) mode echocardiographic variables in healthy adult Saanen goats. Six goats were investigated three times by the same observer at one‐day interval using a standardised 2D‐ and M‐mode echocardiographic protocol. The intra‐observer inter‐day repeatability was tested using analysis of variance, calculation of the coefficient of variation and confidence intervals. A single echocardiographic examination was performed in six other goats, and values obtained in the 12 goats were used to establish the 2D‐ and M‐mode echocardiographic reference values in healthy adult female Saanen goats. Statistical analysis revealed a good inter‐day repeatability of the echocardiographic cardiac measurements. Echocardiographic reference values obtained in healthy adult Saanen goats seemed slightly higher than those reported in healthy Swedish domestic goats and were similar to those reported in healthy adult sheep.