Doğu, Zafer Harran University - Bozova Vocational High School - Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Turkey , Aral, Faruk Nigde University - Ulukışla Vocational School - Department of Veterinary, Turkey , Şahinöz, Erdinç Harran University - Bozova Vocational High School - Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Turkey , Taşkavak, Ertan Ege University - Faculty of Fisheries, Turkey

Penile prolapse in Euphrates soft-shelled turtle (Rafetus euphraticus Daudin, 1802)

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Male tortoises are occasionally presented with a prolapsed phallus (penis). The penis is retracted except during mating, trauma, or death; it lies in the ventral floor of the cloaca. Male Euphrates soft-shelled turtle constituted the study material. Clinically, necrotic areas in the phallus were observed. After the local anesthesia and analgesia, phallus was inserted into the base of cloaca. This case is the first phallus prolapse case of the male Euphrates soft-shelled turtle.

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Penis prolapse , Euphrates softshell turtle , Rafetus euphraticus , threatened species

Ege Journal Of Fisheries an‎d Aquatic Sciences

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