title: Doppler measurement of splanchnic blood flow during digestion in unsedated normal dogs.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to measure splanchnic blood flow during digestion in unsedated dogs by using duplex Doppler sonography. The study population consisted of 12 healthy dogs. Blood flow in the cranial mesenteric artery, the celiac artery, and the aorta was measured before a test meal and at 20, 60, and 90 minutes after eating. The following measurements were made or calculated: vessel diameter, peak systolic velocity, end diastolic velocity, mean velocity, resistive index, pulsatility index, and flow volume. There was a significant postprandial decrease in the resistive and pulsatility indices in both the cranial mesenteric (preprandial RI = 0.867, postprandial RI = 0.796, preprandial PI = 3.033, postprandial PI = 2.173) and the celiac (preprandial RI = 0.854, postprandial RI = 0.769, preprandial PI = 2.639, postprandial PI = 1.930) arteries. In both vessels the end diastolic velocity, the mean velocity, and the flow volume increased significantly postprandially. These changes occurred significantly earlier in the celiac artery than in the cranial mesenteric artery. The findings most likely correspond to postprandial splanchnic vasodilation. Doppler ultrasound provide a good methode of detecting changes in postprandial splanchnic blood flow in the dog.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Berne, 3012 Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riesen
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Lorrie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaschen
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Busato
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000502:physiology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000662:veterinary; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000502:physiology*; D004063:Digestion / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000502:physiology*; D019518:Postprandial Period; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D012016:Reference Values; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000662:veterinary