title: A rare case of left additional renal artery in a Nigerian goat.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. jkayodeolopade@yahoo.com
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Olopade
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ozegbe
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nssien
authors.forename: Olumayowa O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Igado
authors.forename: Matthew O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Akpan
authors.forename: Samuel G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Olukole
authors.forename: Oluwasanmi O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Aina
authors.forename: Silas K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Onwuka
authors.forename: Bankole O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Oke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000502:physiology; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006041:Goats / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000502:physiology