Ultrasound Evaluation

Tremendous advances have been made in ultrasound evaluation in the equine patient.  With the proper machines, probes and training, most areas of the equine skeleton and several internal organs can now be evaluated in this non-invasive way.

We have two (2) digital ultrasound units.  A small portable Sonovet 2000 is used primarily for lower limb evaluation and evaluation of reproductive organs, such as pregnancy evaluation in mares.   A larger, less-portable Medison Pico is used for more detailed evaluation of the skeletal system and internal organs of horses.  In order to image all these regions, we sometimes used several different low-to-high frequency probes.  We have two probes for the Sonovet and four different probes for the Pico ultrasounds.