Manual Restraint
Figure 3.2 Control can be maintained using minimal restraint by grasping the jawbones (mandibles) with one hand and simultaneously placing the other hand behind the poll of the head and…
Vascular Catheterization—Jugular Vein
Figure 12.2 Injection of 2% lidocaine for local anesthesia subcutaneously over the jugular vein prior to catheterization. Figure 12.3 Stab incision made with a #15 or #11 scalpel blade through…
Pregnancy Diagnosis
If the female is bred on day 0 and has a progesterone level >2.0 ng/mL on day 7, the interpretation is that she ovulated. If the progesterone remains increased at…
Subpalpebral Lavage System
RESTRAINT/POSITION Standing sedation or anesthesia may be used. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE/METHOD The animal must be sedated or anesthetized. The upper eyelid must be clipped from just above the eyelashes…
Epidural Catheterization
RESTRAINT/POSITION The procedure can be completed with the patient standing or in sternal recumbency. Sternal positioning has the benefit of widening the epidural space for catheter placement. Sedation may be…
Castration
Figure 64.2 Initial midline incision into the prescrotal region. The operator’s left thumb is pushing one testicle up and maintaining its position under the incision to protect the penis from…
Abdominal Ultrasound
Figure 37.2 The probe is placed in the dorsal portion of the tenth intercostal space then moved ventrally. Figure 37.3 This ultrasound image shows the liver and a proximal portion…
Semen Collection and Evaluation
Video available online Go towww.wiley.com/go/andersonveterinaryto view videos of these procedures. Figure 63.1 Collection of semen sample by aspiration of seminal fluids from the cranial vagina immediately caudal to the cervix….
Laparotomy—Lateral Approach
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE/METHOD Preparation The hair should be clipped with #40 clipper blades and aseptically prepared for surgery. The clipped and prepared area should be four times the surface…
Procedure: Vaginoscopy and Uterine Culture
Figure 54.2 The rigid sigmoidoscope has an obturator that is blunt ended making easier entry through the vulva and into the vagina. Figure 54.3 The sigmoidoscope light adaptor from Welch-Allyn…
