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Visibility, size, echogenicity, and ultrasound transducer position were assessed for each organ.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\u2014Coelomic ultrasonography with both microconvex and linear ultrasound transducers allowed for visualization of the heart, pleural surface of the lungs, liver, caudal vena cava, aorta, ventral abdominal vein, gallbladder, fat bodies, gastric fundus, cecum, colon, cloaca, kidneys, and testes or ovaries in all animals. The pylorus was visualized in 12 of 14 animals. The small intestinal loops were visualized in 12 of 14 animals with the linear transducer, but could not be reliably identified with the microconvex transducer. The hemipenes were visualized in 7 of 8 males. The adrenal glands and spleen were not identified in any animal. Anechoic free coelomic fluid was present in 11 of 14 animals. Heart width, heart length, ventricular wall thickness, gastric fundus wall thickness, and height of the caudal poles of the kidneys were positively associated with body weight. Testis width was negatively associated with body weight in males.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions and Clinical Relevance<\/jats:bold>\u2014Results indicated coelomic ultrasonography is a potentially valuable imaging modality for assessment of most organs in bearded dragons and can be performed in unsedated animals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.246.8.868","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,2]],"date-time":"2015-04-02T15:33:16Z","timestamp":1427988796000},"page":"868-876","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Ultrasonographic anatomy of bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"246","author":[{"given":"Daniel S.","family":"Bucy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David Sanchez-Migallon","family":"Guzman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Allison 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