Repeatability, variability and reference values of pulsed wave Doppler echocardiographic measurements in healthy Saanen goats

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leroux, Aurélia A ^a   Farnir, Frédéric ^a   Moonen, Marie L ^b   Sandersen, Charlotte F ^a   Deleuze, Stefan ^a   Amory, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Goat; Pulsed wave; Reference intervals; Repeatability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOAT; HEART; HISTOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; GOATS; HEART; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84868539318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-190     Document Type: Article

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