Update on ruminant ultrasound / editor, Sébastien Buczinski.

"March 2016"--Cover.

-- We need more studies on the diagnostic and prognostic use of ultrasound in ruminants! / Sébastien Buczinski -- Specific challenges in conducting and reporting studies on the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in bovine medicine / Sébastien Buczinski, Annette M. O'Connor -- On-farm use of ultrasonography for bovine respiratory disease / Theresa L. Ollivett, Sébastien Buczinski -- Echocardiography for the assessment of congenital heart defects in calves / Katharyn Jean Mitchell, Colin Claudio Schwarzwald -- Ascites in cattle: ultrasonographic findings and diagnosis / Ueli Braun -- Ultrasonographic examination of the reticulum, rumen, omasum, abomasum, and liver in calves / Ueli Braun -- Ultrasonographic examination of the spinal cord and collection of cerebrospinal fluid from the atlanto-occipital space in cattle / Ueli Braun, Jeannette Attiger -- Ultrasonography of the tympanic bullae and larynx in cattle / Véronique Bernier Gosselin, Marie Babkine, David Francoz -- Ultrasound-guided nerve block anesthesia / Michela Re, Javier Blanco, Ignacio A. Gómez de Segura -- Ultrasonographic Doppler use for female reproduction management / Heinrich Bollwein, Maike Heppelmann, Johannes Lüttgenau -- Methods for and implementation of pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cows / Paul M. Fricke, Alessandro Ricci, Julio O. Giordano, Paulo D. Carvalho -- Practical use of ultrasound scan in small ruminant medicine and surgery / Phil Scott -- Ultrasound use for body composition and carcass quality assessment in cattle and lambs / Richard Gregory Tait Jr.