Can I scan pregnant women?
As tempting as it may be to turn your training and ultrasound machine to use on pregnant humans, unless you have registered as a provider with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), offering this as...
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What is suicide right ventricle?
A puppy was referred for echocardiography for suspicion of a PDA, due to a grade six heart murmur. We actually found severe pulmonary stenosis, and you can follow the story of this case in...
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What accreditation bodies are there for lay pregnancy scanning?
It is important to realise that there is no official qualification available to lay scanners in animal pregnancy scanning. This did not used to be a huge problem, but in a post-Trump world where...
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Illegal Activity In Our Industry Publicly Outed On BBC Documentary
It’s no secret that the animal scanning industry has been infiltrated by rogue elements over the last few years. The Animal Ultrasound Association has led the fight against unethical, poor quality ultrasound training practices...
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CPD Accredited Ultrasound Training
Continued Professional Development – CPD – has two main purposes. (1) It demonstrates that the course you are attending has been properly structured. (2) It awards you CPD points. The first point is important,...
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The fundamental difference between veterinarians and ultrasound technicians
I’ve seen quite a few cases recently where very competent scanning professionals within our community have found something that doesn’t look right, referred it to the vet as they should, only for the vet...
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Pregnancy Scanning: Top Tips to Success, webinar reply
Webinar replay from last year’s “top tips to success.”
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Calculating gestational age in chihuahuas
Most veterinary ultrasound machines come with gestational age calculation packages inbuilt. Within any one species, however, results are not universally accurate across all breeds. There can be huge breed variation, with some species (e.g....
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Doppler assessment of the umbilical artery
Summary The resistance index is quick and easy to calculate on ultrasound machines with PW Doppler capability. Obtaining useful readings from the umbilical artery in dogs takes a lot of practice, and should be...
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Safe pregnancy scanning in very small animals: rabbits and guinea pigs
How early can I scan a rabbit? Positive confirmation of pregnancy has been documented as early as 7 days in rabbits, but only by the presence of fluid inside the uterus, which is a...
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