Reliability of ultrasonography for diagnosing genital tract abnormalities in buffaloes

Abstract

The present work was planned to assess the reliability of ultrasonography in diagnosing genital tract
abnormalities in non-gravid genitalia (n=505) of buffaloes collected from private abattoirs. Ultrasonograpil
was done using 7 .5MHz linear probe after immersing genitalia in a water tub. Thereafter, genitalia were examined
visually and were dissected with a scalpel blade to assess any abnormalities in the tubular tract/ovarian stroma.
Grossly, abnormalities were observed in 53.70 percent genitf!lia. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of
the ultrasonographic diagnosis in comparison to that of macroscopy/dissection concluded that reliabilit_x of
ultrasonography was above 85 percent in diagnosing various genital tract abnormalities except for cervicitis and
pyometra wherein sensitivity was low.