RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY OF THE URETHRAL DIVERTICULUM IN MALE BOVINE.

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The present study was carried out on 3 living mature male of bovine. Urografin 76% injected retrogradely through the urethra of these animals and subjected to radiography. In addition 4 specimens of male bovine urethra were collected, two of them injected by urografin and the other 2 specimens injected by latex. Anatomical and radiographic findings were described. Urethral diverticulum was detected at the Junction of penile and pelvic urethra as cul-de-sac, 2 cm in length and 0.5 cm in diameter.

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