Abstract:SummaryEchocardiography in birds is a useful and competent technique for morphological and functional cardiac assessment. The aim of this study was to establish normal reference echocardiographic values for ostrich. Echocardiographic parameters from 25 apparently healthy male and almost 4 month old ostrich were chosen for this experiment. Echocardiography was prepared from the second and third intercostals space and over the sternum. The mean and standard deviation was calculated for each parameter. The values… Show more
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