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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…

Video available online Go towww.wiley.com/go/andersonveterinaryto view videos of these procedures. Figure 34.1 Sagittal section through the head of an alpaca cria demonstrating the atretic tissue occluding the nasopharynx. Figure 34.2…

Figure 9.2 A laryngoscope with an extended blade is needed to enable viewing of the larynx. Figure 9.3 The laryngoscope blade must be long enough to extend beyond the base…

Figure 28.2 Thin fiber coat is seen in the axilla. This is the indicated site for tuberculin skin testing in camelids. Figure 28.3 Normal thin fiber distribution along ventral abdomen….

Figure 50.2 Image of the right kidney showing the smooth capsular appearance (C), the renal cortical parenchyma (A), and pelvis (B). Figure 50.3 Approximate probe positioning for imaging the left…