Professor Roger Smith uses ultrasound to monitor the progress of an injection of stem cells into the injured foreleg of a racehorse at the Royal Veterinary College north of London. (Ben Hirschler/Reuters)
An employee does an ultrasound of a female sturgeon at a caviar fish farm in Saint Genis de Saintonge, southwestern France. (Regis Duvignau/Reuters)
A Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) eats fruit after an ultrasound examination by veterinarian Hanna Vielgrader (L) and animal keeper Nicole Samek at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna. (Herwig Prammer/Reuters)
Eric Stohr from Cardiff Metropolitan University carries out an ultrasound of the heart on Bali, a 7 meter (23 foot) long reticulated Python snake at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England. (Phil Noble /Reuters)
Veterinarian Dr. Doug Mader, (center), ultrasounds an endangered hawksbill sea turtle at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida in 2012. The female reptile, laden with eggs, was discovered on a St. Croix, U.S.V.I, just after Tropical Storm Isaac. (Andy Newman/Reuters)
A veterinarian performs an ultrasound on a female cat shark at the Xcaret ecological park in Cancun. The female gave birth to 18 cat sharks. (Gerardo Garcia/Reuters)
A sheep awaits ultrasonic examination at the El Alfalfal agricultural facility, some 50 miles southeast of Santiago, Chile. 1,500 sheep were examined as part of an Agriculture Ministry program to optimize and organize the reproductive and productive process in small farms. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
German team from the IZW, The Institute of Zoo Wildlife Research in Berlin, make ultrasound examination to Tamar, a pregnant Israeli elephant at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo. German team from the IZW, The Institute of Zoo Wildlife Research in Berlin, make an ultrasound examination of Tamar, a pregnant Israeli elephant at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo. Tamar underwent an ultrasound examination by the team, who found her in good shape in her fifth month of a 22-month gestation. (Cohen Magen/Reuters)
An ultrasonic image shows an elephant fetus sized 10.6 cm (4.2 inches) on day 141 of the pregnancy of it's mother Tonga, in Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, April 18, 2012. (Tiergarten Schoenbrunn/Reuters)
(Veterinary staff monitor Dylan the Chimpanzee whilst cardiologist Eric Stohr of Cardiff Metropolitan University carries out a cardiac ultrasound examination at Chester Zoo in Liverpool, northern England in 2012. (Phil Noble /Reuters)
Biologist Robinson Orozco uses sonographic equipment to determine the sex of a small beluga sturgeon at Sturgeon Aquafarms in Bascom, Florida February 8, 2013. Sturgeon have to reach sexual maturity before they can produce roe. In the wild, that can take 15 to 20 years. But in captivity, with the right water temperatures and a specially formulated high-protein diet, it can happen in as little as six or seven years. (Michael Spooneybarger/Reuters)
Kasha, an Australian Sea Lion, one of the rarest sea lions in the world receives an ultrasound from Taronga Zoo vet Dr Rupert Woods (R) as his colleague Dr Damien Higgens checks the monitor while keeper Andrew Barnes (L) keeps her relaxed as they check the progress of her pregnancey October 1. Kasha, one of two pregnant sea lions at the zoo, receives weekly abdominal ultrasound examinations so vital data can be collected on the foetal development and preparations can be made for the forthcoming birth. Sea lions have a 17.5 month gestation period. (Mark Baker/Reuters)
British veterinarian Lulu Skidmore, of Kent, checks a female dromedary camel for pregnancy using an ultrasound device at a reproduction centre in the desert 30 km from Dubai March 26. [The centre is owned by Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, who is also an avid owner of two thoroughbreds in Saturday's $4 million Dubai World Cup horse race, and primarily functions as a breeding clinic for racing camels. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)
Geneticists use an ultrasound monitor to check for piglets borne by a sow, at a pig farm in Shenzhen. China's population is projected to grow to 1.44 billion by 2030 from 1.33 billion in 2009, according to the World Bank, and Beijing is hunting for cutting-edge technology to feed its people and provide better quality food. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)
A sheep is released after undergoing an ultrasound scan at the El Alfalfal agricultural facility, some 80 km (49.7 miles) southeast of Santiago. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
Keepers move Bali, a 7 meter (23 feet) long reticulated Python from its enclosure ahead of a health check and ultrasound heart scan at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England September 5, 2012. The zoo's two reticulated pyhtnons are taking part in cardiological study as part of a joint research programme between the zoo and Cardiff Metroploitan University. (Phil Noble/Reuters)
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