A rare case of left additional renal artery in a Nigerian goat
Olopade, J.O.; Ozegbe, P.C.; Nssien, M.A.; Igado, O.O.; Akpan, M.O.; Olukole, S.G.; Aina, O.O.; Onwuka, S.K.; Oke, B.O.
Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology 115(3): 241-244
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1122-6714 PMID: 21287980 Document Number: 641812
The report of the occurrence of additional renal arteries in domestic animals is rare in the literature. We report a case of an additional renal artery in the left kidney found in a Red Sokoto goat cadaver. The additional renal artery originated from the abdominal aorta 3.80 cm cranial to the origin of the main renal artery. The additional renal artery was relatively long, being 6.30 cm from its origin to the cranial pole region of the kidney where it supplied the kidney. This to the best of our knowledge is the first report in the literature indexed in the Medline of an additional renal artery in a goat.