INTERNAL MEDICINE
An Emerging Disease:
Gall Bladder Mucocoeles in Dogs
Dr Liesel van der Merwe BVSc MMedVet(Med)
Outpatients , OVAH, Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP
The gall bladder is a reservoir to store bile. Bile is con-
centrated, acidified and modified before being re-
leased into the duodenum via the common bile duct
through the sphincter of Oddi at the major duodenal
papilla. These functions are not however essent