The objective is to provide students with a basic knowledge of ultrasound image formation and current technology, and to perform routine abdominal ultrasonographic examination in dogs and cats and to ultrasound findings of normal and abnormal liver, spleen, kidney, bladder, stomach and bowel. The student will be able to recognize the contribution that ultrasonography can make in achieving a diagnosis and will be able to perform an abdominal ultrasound examination and to recognize the ultrasound anatomy (Day One Competence 1.23).
