Echocardiographic findings of tricuspid blood cyst mimicking bacterial endocarditis in a dairy cow |
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Authors: | Sé bastien Buczinski Dr Vé t,MSc,Mauricio Badillo DMV,Anne-Marie Bé langer DMV,Ali Rezakhani DVM,PhD |
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Affiliation: | aClinique ambulatoire bovine, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Saint-Hyacinthe, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada;bDepartment of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Iran |
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Abstract: | The most common endocardial disease in cattle is bacterial endocarditis. The diagnosis of the disease in living animals is mainly based on clinical findings and echocardiographic detection of an irregularly thickened valve. Despite its presumed good sensitivity, little is known on the specificity of transthoracic echocardiography with regards to endocarditis. This case report describes the echocardiographic findings in a dairy cow diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory process, liver and splenic abscesses and tricuspid valve blood cysts that can be mistaken for bacterial endocarditis, thus emphasizing the need to improve antemortem diagnostic tools for endocarditis in cattle. |
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Keywords: | Valvular disease Valve thickening Cattle |
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