Pulsed wave (PW) Doppler echocardiography has become a routine non invasive cardiac diagnostic
tool in most species. However, evaluation of intracardiac blood flow requires reference values, which are poorly
documented in goats. The aim of this study was to test the repeatability, the variability, and to establish the
reference values of PW measurements in healthy adult Saanen goats. Using a standardised PW Doppler
echocardiographic protocol, 10 healthy adult unsedated female Saanen goats were investigated three times at one
day intervals by the same observer. Mitral, tricuspid, aortic and pulmonary flows were measured from a right
parasternal view, and mitral and aortic flows were also measured from a left parasternal view