Ultrasound

Real-Time Ultrasound Imagine For Accurate Veterinary Diagnostics

Ultrasound imaging is a veterinary diagnostic tool that uses high frequency sound waves to produce real-time images of your pet’s internal systems. Painless and non-invasive, it offers a high degree of clarity when examining your critter companion’s organ, muscle, and bone functions. Often used in conjunction with digital X-rays, ultrasound technology aids our veterinarians in diagnosing and treating your feline or canine family member.

Abdominal Ultrasound

Abdominal ultrasound simplifies the diagnoses of internal disease by providing our veterinarians with a clear view inside the patient’s stomach, liver, kidneys, and other internal organs. The real-time capabilities of ultrasound technology allow our veterinarians to diagnose and assess a variety of veterinary conditions including:

• Liver disease
• Kidney disease
• Urinary bladder disease or kidney stones
• Pregnancy
• Enlarged lymph nodes and cancer
• Abdominal masses, fluid, and foreign material
• Pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease

Should a mass be discovered during an ultrasound, our team will use anesthesia during the remainder of the ultrasound. This ensures our patient is comfortably asleep while we pass an ultrasound-guided needle directly into the mass. This is done to collect (or aspirate) a small tissue sample, which will be used to properly identify the mass. This option is infinitely less invasive than a surgical procedure that would otherwise be required to collect this kind of diagnostic tissue sample.

Schedule An Appointment For Your Pet Today

Big Creek Animal Hospital employs advanced imaging technologies operated by trained veterinary radiologists, guaranteeing the highest quality of care for our patients.

To schedule a consultation or to learn more about our ultrasound services, call us at 470-839-9700.