Ultrasonographic measurements of the prostate gland in castrated adult dogs.

Background: The dimensions of the prostatic gland in castrated adult dogs, as assessed by ultrasonography, is currently not yet reported in veterinary literature. The current study was aimed at reporting the prostatic dimensions in castrated dogs and investigate the relationship between the dogs' body weight and prostate size. A second aim of the study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between the dogs' age and prostate dimensions.

Contrast-enhanced CT findings in a dog with a wood foreign body in the vertebral canal.

An 8-year-old Border collie was presented with progressive tetraparesis, 6 days after oropharyngeal trauma with a wooden stick. Contrast-enhanced CT of the head and the cervical spine showed heterogeneous enhancement of the soft tissues surrounding the C1 through C3 region, with extension into the ventral vertebral canal at this level. Two separate, small, foreign bodies were visible; one of which was located within the vertebral canal.