Ramazan DURGUT, Sefa ÇELİK, Ramazan BAL, M.Enes ALTUĞ, Ramazan GÖNENCİ

Evaluation of kidney abnormalities in cows using transrectal ulturasonography and urinalysis

Bu çalışmada Antakya mezbahanesine getirilen, 4-8 yaşlı, 100 Holştayn melezi inek kullanıldı. Klinik muayeneden sonra idrar kesesinden kalelerle toplanan idrar örnekleri dipstik test çubukları ve mikroskobik yöntemle analiz edildi. Ultrasonografide; 2 inekte ekojenik küçük böbrek, birinde makrokist, ikisinde böbrek taşı, birinde kortikomeduller yapıda değişiklik, dördünde renal pelviste genişleme ve düzensiz yapı ile birlikte kortekste ekojenite, beşinde korteks ve medulla arasında hafif demarkasyon ve hiperekojenik korteks parçası ve üçünde renomegali olmak üzere toplam 18 hayvanda anormal görüntüler saptandı. Bu 18 ineğin idrar analizlerinde lökosit, eritrosit ve silisyum-fosfat kristalleri görüldü. Sonuçta transrektal ultrasonografi ve idrar analizlerinin birlikte böbrek hastalıklarının tanısında yeterli olabileceği kanısına varıldı.

İneklerde böbrek bozukluklarının transrektal ultrasonografi ve idrar analizi ile değerlendirilmesi

For this study, 100 Holstein crossbreed cows aged between 4 to 8 years, admitted to Antakya Slaughterhouse, were used. After clinical examination, urine samples were collected by catheterization from urinary bladder for urine analyses using reagent dipsticks and microscopy. In ultrasonography; abnormal appearances were observed in 18 cows, including small kidney with echogenicity in two, a hydronephrosis in one, renal calculi in two, alteration of the corticomedullary architecture in one, dilated renal pelvis and irregularly shaped kidneys with echogenic cortex in four, patchy hyperechoic cortex and poor demarcation between cortex and medulla in five, and renomegaly in three. Urinalyses revealed the presence of leukocyte, erythrocyte, phosphate and/or siliceous crystals in the 18 cows. Therefore, it is concluded that both transrectal ultrasonography and urine analysis appears to be adequate for diagnosis of renal diseases.

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