Radiographic measurement of cardiac size in 27 rabbits.
Right lateral position (RL) chest radiograms were obtained from 27 heart disease-free rabbits, and cardiac sizes were compared according to body weight (<1.6 vs. > or =1.6 kg) and gender (female vs. male). Significant differences (P<0.05) were observed in RL-long axis (RL-LA) and RL-vertebral heart size (RL-VHS). RL-LA was 4.22 +/- 0.25 and 4.48 +/- 0.3, and RL-VHS was 7.55 +/- 0.38 and 7.99 +/- 0.58, in the <1.6 kg (n=12) and > or =1.6 kg (n=15) groups, respectively. These values should prove useful as new diagnostic indices for cardiac disease in rabbits.
Onuma
Mamoru
M
Onuma Animal Hospital, Saitama. oosagamiacc2001@rc4.so-net.ne.jp
Ono
Sadaharu
S
Ishida
Tomoko
T
Shibuya
Hisashi
H
Sato
Tsuneo
T
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D009929:Organ Size; D011817:Rabbits / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D011859:Radiography; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary