Ultrasound for Canine Pregnancy Scanning

As a licensed dog breeder, I purchased my own ultrasound scanner a few years ago, purely for my own pregnancy confirmations, but never really knew what all the knobs and buttons were for, I was just happy that I could see pictures of little fetal sacs of joy in my mums-to-be once they reached 30 days, to confirm pregnancy, and nothing else about the machine really mattered or made any sense to me. I always wanted to go on a course to learn how to use it properly, as there have been many a time where I have been flummoxed by what I was looking at on the screen, but the nearest course was at least one overnight stay and a very long train journey each way, which I don;t have the time for, and the retailer of my scanner was quite blunt in offering advice and information, (ie. in response to a very simple question when I initially purchased the scanner, I was told "come on a course and you will find out", hmmm, so I spend best part of £2000 with you and you refuse to provide me any advice to a very basic question unless I spend a further £500 on one of your courses????, nice!), so i just sat back and decided that just being able to see the fetal sacs was enough for me. I never did find myself a good book that helped. Then I came across this beauty, by complete accident. I was actually looking for a book about animal parasitology, as I recently purchased my own microscope to undertake my own doggie worm counts, and out of nowhere this book caught my eye. I just had to have it, and it has not disappointed. I treat myself to it as an extra christmas present, and on Boxing day eve, I sat and read it from cover to cover. I learnt so much from this book, it is so easy to follow and understand and is not written in degree/student speak. Thoroughly enjoyed the read, and will definately be putting my new found knowledge of all the knobs and buttons and pictures to the test as I continue to scan my girlies for pregnancies. Definately one to keep close at hand on the bookshelf close to my scanner.

Very easy to read and understandVery well written and informative

Have done the course but this book is brilliant for putting things into laymen’s terms and also refreshing me on things that I had forgotten. If you have a machine this book is definitely worth a purchase.

I would recommend this book to anyone that owns an ultrasound machine,It’s full of invaluable knowledge for people at all stages of their learning journey, it's very helpful with getting to know the main features on any ultrasound machine and how to create the best image for diagnosis.

Explains a lot one of the best scanning books out there, done a course but wanted a detail book in case I get stuck! Won’t be disappointed at all

Brilliant and informative, well written which makes it easy to absorb and putting into to practice while scanning.

I scan animals for pregnancy this book is extremely helpful

Excellent value

I bought it not knowing anything about ultrasounds. And got a ultrasound machine to use on our two pregnant dogs!

Well written and very useful

Catherine Stowell has written the best book available for ultrasound for canine pregnancy. There is more to it than just diagnosing if a dog is pregnant and how many puppies there are. The author has written the most thorough publication for veterinarians and serious dog breeders on the market today. Every page is written in a crystal clear manner to allow the user to properly perform a canine pregnancy ultrasound and understand what they are seeing.