<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents the results of the research on renal blood vessels of the mink. The main goal of this research is to provide a unique insight in renal vessel constellation and thereby contributes to the amount and quality of the available data on the cardiovascular system of the mink, since the data found in the available literature regarding this specific field is rather poorly documented. Blood vessels of the mink kidney were studied by dissection and corrosion injection technique. The renal artery and its branches, and the lobar, interlobar and interlobular arteries are terminal arteries and they do not anastomose between each other. The arterial system is characterized by two independent vascular areas, supplied by the dorsal and ventral lobar artery. Lobar arteries divide the kidney horizontally into a dorsal and ventral half, while lobar veins divide it vertically into the cranial and caudal half. The renal vein is formed from the cranial and caudal lobar vein. The obtained results are compared with relevant literature findings on renal blood supply of a dog and other sympatric carnivores.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the results of the research on renal blood vessels of the mink. The main goal of this research is to provide a unique insight in renal vessel constellation and thereby contributes to the amount and quality of the available data on the cardiovascular system of the mink, since the data found in the available literature regarding this specific field is rather poorly documented. Blood vessels of the mink kidney were studied by dissection and corrosion injection technique. The renal artery and its branches, and the lobar, interlobar and interlobular arteries are terminal arteries and they do not anastomose between each other. The arterial system is characterized by two independent vascular areas, supplied by the dorsal and ventral lobar artery. Lobar arteries divide the kidney horizontally into a dorsal and ventral half, while lobar veins divide it vertically into the cranial and caudal half. The renal vein is formed from the cranial and caudal lobar vein. The obtained results are compared with relevant literature findings on renal blood supply of a dog and other sympatric carnivores.

Renal vasography in mink (<italic>Mustela vison</italic>)

Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade,

Department of Anatomy and Histology with Embriology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Surgery, orthopedics and ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade,

Department of Gastroenterohepatology, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade,

Acta Veterinaria

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This paper presents the results of the research on renal blood vessels of the mink. The main goal of this research is to provide a unique insight in renal...

Renal vasography in mink (Mustela vison)

Published Online: Mar 30, 2017

Page range: 71 - 81

Received: Jun 19, 2015

Accepted: Oct 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acve-2017-0007

Keywords
mink, renal vasography, artery, veins

© 2017 Mrvić Verica et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Renal vasography in mink (Mustela vison)

Published Online: Mar 30, 2017

Page range: 71 - 81

Received: Jun 19, 2015

Accepted: Oct 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acve-2017-0007

Keywordsmink, renal vasography, artery, veins

© 2017 Mrvić Verica et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
mink, renal vasography, artery, veins