A Descriptive Study of
the Bovine Stomach Using Computed Tomography
E El-Shafaey1, T Aoki2, M Ishii2, M Sasaki3 and K Yamada2*
1Department of Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Radiology,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura-city,
Dakahlia, Egypt, 35516; 2Department of
Clinical Veterinary Science; 3Department of Basic
Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and
Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro-city, Hokkaido, Japan, 080-8555;
*Corresponding author:kyamada@obihiro.ac.jp
Abstract
The aim of this study was to create a descriptive atlas
of the
detailed anatomical
features of the
bovine forestomach compartments using computed tomography (CT). CT images were
respectively
selected from the
imaging database of twenty healthy HolsteinFriesian calves aged from 5 to 7 months.
This database was obtained from the Veterinary
Medical Centre of
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. For each cow,
transverse, sagittal and dorsal plane images were obtained. All CT images of the
bovine forestomach were labelled and serially interpret using correlated
cross-sectional anatomical
references. The structures that were identified in the abdominal cavity include
the stomach with its four compartments (rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum),
small and large intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and aorta abdominalis. There
was good differentiation of the anatomical landmarks between various forestomach compartments on CT images. The
location and size of the forestomach parts was depicted using soft tissue window.
In conclusion, multi-slice
CT provided well defined baseline
reference images for the bovine stomach compartments for educational, research and
radiological purposes.