The VetMouse Trap™

Clinical CT imaging of awake cats just got easier.
Now you can image small animals without direct manipulation or positioning and significantly
reduce the patient stress. Call or email us for pricing or a quote.

Vet Mouse Trap Scan

Clinical Images from the Department of Veterinary Clinical
Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1008W
. Hazelwood Dr, Urbana, IL 61802 (Oliveira, Mitchell, M. O’Brien,
McMichael, Hartman, Matheson, and R. O’Brien), Department
of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
53705 (Ranallo), and Department of Veterinary Biosciences,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802
(Pijanowski)

"The VetMousetrap™ appears to provide the opportunity
for diagnostic CT imaging of the thorax of awake cats."
© 2010 Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

"It works well. We are also using it for a lot of exotics"
Dr. D.S., ACVS

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A) Right lateral thoracic radiograph of a cat with confirmed tracheal rupture. A region of tracheal wall discontinuity was suspected on the dorsal aspect of the thoracic trachea (black arrow). Note also severe subcutaneous emphysema (asterisks) and pneumomediastinum (white arrow).

B) Sagittal
multiplanar reconstruction computed tomographic image of the same cat. Note the tracheal discontinuity (black arrow), pneumomediastinum (white arrow),and pneumopericardium (arrow head). On surgery a 1 cm long tear was present at the right-dorsal aspect of the tracheal wall. WW1/41600, WL1/4#600