DRAMINSKI PD Mode D'emploi page 21

The examination should be performed on
a standing animal, at both sides of its body,
starting from the right hand side.
the examination takes up more or less a dozen sec-
onds, or several seconds after some practice.
as far as possible, the animal should be calm and
relaxed during the examination.
the best time to perform the examination is in the
morning, before the animals have eaten and after
they have urinated. full bladder and stomach (wa-
tering the animal before the examination) may lead
to obtaining a false result (ultrasound beam being
reflected not from amniotic fluid but from full blad-
der or stomach).
repeating the test for three consecutive days
ensures that the diagnosis is reliable.
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