Prem Singh, S.K. Chawla and R.K. Chandolia
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
College of Veterinary Sciences, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, India
ABSTRACT
A ten-day-old camel calf was brought to the clinic with a history of difficulty in urination. On examination, the urethral opening was located at the bottom of a pouch present in the perineal area. There was no development of the preputial skin at its normal position, i.e. in between the two thighs. At the bottom of this pouch, there was a mark for urethral opening and through this under developed urethral opening, urine drops were dribbling out after great effort. The ultrasonographic image of the urinary bladder by rectal probe depicted hyper-echoic bladder content and thickened bladder wall. The urethral opening was dilated under local infiltration analgesia. The urethra was sutured with skin pouch to make a permanent opening, i.e. urethrostomy. The camel calf started passing urine smoothly through this opening.
Key words: Camel, hypospadias, newborn, ultrasonography, urethrostomy
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