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01-07-2007, 06:15 PM
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Any vet nurses? Quick ultrasound for dog related question
My dog is due in to vets tomorrow morning for ultrasound on his liver. They told me no more meals after 8-9 this evening - but I can't remember for the life of me if he was allowed water or not.
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01-07-2007, 06:36 PM
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Wow - thanks for the super-quick replies - very grateful
 Yes it makes sense really I guess, I know for pregnancy ultrasounds the docs prefer plenty of water to have been consumed - just wasn't sure with liver.Thanks again.
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02-07-2007, 12:36 PM
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This has already been answered but yes water is fine!
Hope your dog is OK.
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02-07-2007, 01:47 PM
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im a vet nurse at the pdsa.only half a cup of water is allowed otherwise it can interfear with the ultrasound image if there is too much fluid in the animal
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02-07-2007, 04:44 PM
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Interesting, never heard the half a cup thing. Nor that the amount of fluid affects the ultrasound - after all, one of the things you're looking for with ultrasound is amounts of fluid, right? I'll mention that one to the vets I work with - I suspect it's another one of those things that some vets insist on, others have never heard of, and some will laugh at and call nonsense.
The approach that our practice takes is that a dehydrated animal handles GA/sedation and stress less well than a hydrated one - so it's OK to offer water (especially with elderly animals). Looks like this is another one of those vet questions that has more than one answer!!! (Try asking three vets when you should spay a bitch, and the chances are high that you'll get three different answers and three reasons why...)
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02-07-2007, 05:56 PM
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03-07-2007, 02:11 PM
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Thanks for the replies - I never realized there were more - for some reason if I post a New Thread as opposed to reply to a thread and ask to subscribe it doesn't tell me
 Well the ultrasound was done and liver is "mostly" OK - there were a couple of readings that were high - I think it was amylase and something else I can't remember. So more blood profiling needs to be done for heart and pancreas to see if anything's wrong there. One thing that totally amazed me was (and I changed vets because of this) was that to be a referral (as my previous vet didn't have ultrasound) would have cost £250 just for the ultrasound!!!! So I phoned my other regular vet who does herps as well as "normal" animals and they had an ultrasound machine and did it for £40!!
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