Volume: 49 Issue: 2
Year: 2018, Page: 10-12,
Received: Nov. 7, 2017 Accepted: Nov. 15, 2017 Published: July 1, 2018
The location of prostate gland in clinically healthy male dogs of different age groups was assessed by digital rectal palpation. and was predominantly intra-pelvic (87.5%) in dogs aged less than 2 yrs. Among the dogs above 8 yrs. of age, only 25 per cent had intrapelvic location of prostate. The per cent of dogs having intra-pelvic location of prostate was 62.5, 52.5 and 37.5 respectively among the age group of 2 – 4 yrs, 4 – 6 yrs and 6 – 8 yrs. The per cent of dogs with partly intra-pelvic and partly intra-abdominal position of prostate gland increased from 12.5 per cent among dogs aged less than 2 yrs. to 25 and 35, respectively in dogs aged 2 – 4 yrs. and 4 – 6 yrs. Subsequently, among dogs in the age group of 6 – 8 yrs. and more than 8 yrs., the per cent of animals with partial intra-pelvic and partly intra-abdominal location of prostate decreased slightly and recorded as 32.5 and 30 per cent, respectively. As age advanced, the position of prostate gland changed from intra-pelvic to intra-abdominal in healthy dogs.
Keywords: Location, prostate gland, dogs
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