University vet hospital in Perth gets horse-capable CT scanner

The novel CT scanner at Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital is able to direct maintain horses.

Perth’s Murdoch University has unveiled its latest hi-tech diagnostic tool – a CT scanner large plenty to adjust horses.

The scanner, inward the university’s veterinarian hospital, is the get-go of its sort inward Western Australia.

The novel computed tomography (CT) scanner tin cater for minor animals correct upwards to horses.

“This volition let us to human face at bones in addition to soft tissue inward greater detail, significantly improving our mightiness to diagnose a diversity of diseases,” said radiologist Dr David Reese, Head of Diagnostic Imaging at the veterinarian hospital.

Murdoch staff guide their get-go CT scanner patient on to the equine-capable table.

“It’s an invaluable diagnostic tool, in addition to it’s cracking to direct maintain it hither inward WA.”

It’s expected the CT scanner volition produce goodness horses alongside sinus disease, dental disease, caput in addition to cervix trauma, lower limb fractures in addition to lameness.

“The lower limbs of a Equus caballus are hard to investigate, because the hoof prevents us from getting a clear moving painting using other diagnostic imaging tools,” Reese said.

“With the CT scanner, nosotros tin manipulate the images, giving us a to a greater extent than detailed human face at work areas.

“We tin also inject a special dye, called contrast, which allows us to assess blood vessels, diseased tendons in addition to other tissues.”

The scanner in addition to equine-capable tabular array were imported from Deutschland in addition to the United States. The novel facility toll $A550,000 in addition to was funded past times generous donations to the Murdoch University Veterinary Trust.

Before the automobile was installed, injured horses were sometimes assessed using tissue biopsy, X-ray or ultrasound. Horses previously had to move transported interstate for CT scans.

“By having a automobile similar this available locally, Equus caballus owners volition salvage a lot of fourth dimension in addition to money,” infirmary managing director Dr Mark Lawrie said.

“This automobile also scans quickly, reducing the total of fourth dimension a Equus caballus has to move nether anaesthesia and, inward turn, reducing roughly of the risks associated alongside that.”

In improver to beingness a diagnosis tool, the CT scanner volition also move used for instruction in addition to peculiarly research.

More information on the the veterinarian hospital: http://www.murdoch.edu.au/Services/Veterinary-Hospital/

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