Investigation of mammary blood flow changes by transrectal colour Doppler sonography in an Escherichia coli mastitis model [Elektronische Ressource] / by André Potapow

From the Clinic for Ruminants with Ambulatory and Herd Health Services (Chair for Physiology and Pathology of Reproduction) (Head: Professor Doctor Holm Zerbe) Centre of Clinical Veterinary Medicine of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Investigation of mammary blood flow changes by transrectal colour Doppler sonography in an Escherichia coli mastitis model Inaugural-Dissertation to achieve the Doctor Title of Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich by André Potapow from Amstetten Munich, April 2010 Gedruckt mit der Genehmigung der Tierärztlichen Fakultät der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Dekan: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Braun Berichterstatter: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Zerbe Korreferent/en: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Poulsen Nautrup Tag der Promotion: 24. Juli 2010 51. II To my parents III FELIX QUI POTUIT RERUM COGNOSCERE CAUSAS PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO (GEORGICA. II, 490 et sq.) IVIndex ofcontets Page 1. Introduction 1 2. Physiology of the mammary blood flow in cows 3 2.1 Vascularization of the mammary gland 2.2 Regulation of mammary blood flow 4 3. Bovine mastitis 9 3.1 Definition and classification 9 3.