Fig 1.
The right parasternal short-axis view of the heart base with aorta.
LA- left atrium, Ao- aorta.
Fig 2.
The right parasternal short-axis view of the left and right ventricles at the level of papillary muscles RV- right ventricle, LV- left ventricle.
Fig 3.
M-mode of the right and left ventricle obtained from the right parasternal short-axis view at the level of papillary muscles.
RVd- right ventricle, IVSd- inter-ventricular septum, LVIDd—left ventricular internal diameter, LVPWd- left ventricular posterior wall thickness in diastole respectively, IVSs- inter-ventricular septum, LVIDs—left ventricular internal diameter, LVPWs- left ventricular posterior wall thickness in systole respectively.
Table 1.
Reference intervals of 17 2D, M-mode and pulsed wave Doppler echocardiographic measurements in 125 healthy adult dairy goats.
Table 2.
Between-day coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of echocardiographic measurements performed in 20 adult goats on two consecutive days.
Table 3.
Coefficient of repeatability (CoR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of echocardiographic measurements performed in 20 adult goats on two consecutive days; mean difference between the two consecutive echocardiographic examinations with standard deviation (SD) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), and result of one sample Student’s t-test are also presented (α = 0.05).
Table 4.
Comparison of echocardiographic measurements between Polish White Improved (PWI) and Polish Fawn Improved (PFI) goats.