Based on the 59 references issued abroad in the past 25 years(1968-1991), this paper summarizes fully the history of development and the present status of research on veterinary echocardiography and introduces briefly detecting equipments, techniques and normal echocariography values of the horse, cattle, dog, cat, swine, and sheep. Brief description of the clinical application of echocardiography in diseases such as endocarditis in domestic animals and so on is also included.