Ultrasonographic features of the liver of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) (Reptilia: Chelonia: Emydidae)
Date
6-2015
Degree
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
College
College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Emilia A Lastica-Temura
Co-adviser
Jezie A Acorda
Abstract
Twenty-four (24) apparently healthy adult Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) were examined using an ultrasound machine with a 8.5 MHz linear transducer to determine the ultrasonographic appearance, lobe thickness and echo mean value of the liver. The liver was visualized using the cervicobrachial acoustic window and had a homogenous hypoechoic parenchyma including a hepatic vein with an anechoic lumen and hyperechoic walls. Males had an e-mean value of 116.68±5.61 and liver thickness of 3.51±0.35 cm whereas females had an e-mean value of 114.24±9.91 and 3.80±0.38 cm liver thickness. Small turtles had an e-mean value of 112.90±6.27 and 3.68±0.41 cm liver thickness whereas large turtles had an e-mean value of 117.01±10.68 and 3.75±0.38 cm liver thickness.No significant difference between the e-mean value and thickness of the liver between males and females, and weight groups (α=0.05) was ascertained. The findings and data in this study may be used as a basis for e-mean values and liver lobe thickness of apparently healthy adult Red-eared Sliders.
Language
English
Location
UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
Call Number
LG 993.5 2015 V4 K56
Recommended Citation
King, Isabella Rae L., "Ultrasonographic features of the liver of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) (Reptilia: Chelonia: Emydidae)" (2015). Undergraduate Theses. 4173.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/4173
Document Type
Thesis