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In the abdominal ultrasonograms of the abomasal dilation cases, this disease was commonly characterized by severely extended lumens, including heterogeneously hyperechoic ingesta without intraluminal accumulations of gas. In the animals with intestinal volvulus and intussusception, a to-and-fro flow was observed to be a common ultrasonographic characteristic that led to suspicion of an intestinal obstruction. The use of abdominal ultrasonography for five cases with intestinal volvulus gave no reason to suspect this disease, despite its efficacy in one case, based on an acutely angled narrowing. Although three of five animals with intestinal volvulus had intestinal ruptures, no ultrasonographic evidence could be obtained. When abdominal ultrasonography was used for one case with intussusception, this pathological condition could be strongly suspected, as a \u201ctarget\u201d sign was observed. This finding supported surgical intervention for this case, followed by treatment with manual reduction, resulting in a favorable outcome. In terms of the differential and definitive diagnosis for various intestinal diseases, abdominal ultrasonography may be poor at providing indicative evidence, but very helpful for confirming intestinal obstruction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani12192489","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,20]],"date-time":"2022-09-20T21:12:53Z","timestamp":1663708373000},"page":"2489","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Efficacy of Abdominal Ultrasonography for Differentiation of Gastrointestinal Diseases in Calves"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Naoaki","family":"Yoshimura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shimane Prefectural Federation Agricultural Mutual Aid Association, 748-1, Watarihashi, Izumo 693-0004, Japan"},{"name":"Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University, 2-24 Shinkura, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takeshi","family":"Tsuka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takaaki","family":"Yoshimura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kitaku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takeshige","family":"Otoi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University, 2-24 Shinkura, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"46","DOI":"10.3390\/ruminants1010004","article-title":"Acute abdominal disorders in dairy cattle: What can clinicians do under field conditions?","volume":"1","author":"Castillo","year":"2021","journal-title":"Ruminants"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Morita, Y., Sugiyama, S., Tsuka, T., Okamoto, Y., Morita, T., Sunden, Y., and Takeuchi, T. 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