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Olav Asbjörn Berg, The Normal Prostate Gland of the Dog, Acta Endocrinologica, Volume 27, Issue 2, Feb 1958, Pages 129–139, https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0270129
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Abstract
a. Gross anatomy
The prostate gland is the only well developed accessory sexual gland in the dog. It is, however, relatively large, compared to the gland in other mammals with more than one accessory sexual gland. The cranial part of the urethra (pars prostatica urethrae) in the dog is completely surrounded by the prostate gland. The urethral muscle is absent in this part (Schmalz, 1921).
In most dogs, the prostate gland is normally situated in the middle of the pelvic inlet, resting on the cranial edge of the symphysis pelvis (depending on the actual filling of the urinary bladder), ca. 1 cm. caudally of the neck of the bladder.
The prostate gland is almost globular in form, symmetrical, yellowish in colour, of a firm or tense-elastic consistency and with a distinct median furrow (sulcus dorsalis) dorsally, which may be easily palpated per rectum, indicating a right