A total number of 114 clinical cases (63 cattle and 51 buffaloes) were included in the current study. These cases were suffering from different varieties of abdominal wall swellings (46 abscesses; 49 hernias and 19 hematomas) and they were subjected to ultrasonographic examination. From the aforementioned cases the unripend abscess appeared ultrasonographically as a circumscribed echogenic structure with mild distal acoustic enhancement while the ripened abscess appeared as anechoic to hypoechoic structure representing watery to creamy pus contents. The ripened abscess with chronic fibrotic omphalitis revealed a hyperechogenic band with an evident acoustic shadowing. Recent hematomas appeared as anechoic area (blood content) divided by a thin echogenic septum into small chambers toward its center, while old hematoma revealed anechoic to hypoechoic appearance divided by a thick echogenic septum. Reducible hernias revealed disruption of the abdominal wall continuity with intestinal loops and its characteristic peristaltic movement and anechoic, hypoechoic to echogenic contents while irreducible hernias characterized by an evident anechoic inflammatory exudates; reduced peristaltic movement and thick hernial sac with echogenic fibrous adhesions between the sac and the abdominal wall. In conclusion, ultrasonography provides an accurate, non-invasive and fast diagnostic tool for different abdominal wall swellings in cattle and buffalo.
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