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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.1" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Vet Rec Case Rep</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="hwp">vetreccr</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">vetreccr</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Veterinary Record Case Reports</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>Vet Rec Case Rep</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2052-6121</issn><publisher><publisher-name>BMJ Publishing Group</publisher-name><publisher-loc>BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">vetreccr-2019-000945</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1136/vetreccr-2019-000945</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Companion or pet animals</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="hwp-journal-coll"><subject>2072</subject><subject>2100</subject><subject>2086</subject><subject>2051</subject><subject>2062</subject><subject>1967</subject></subj-group><series-title>Dogs</series-title></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Specific treatment and outcome of urethrorectal fistula associated with type 1 atresia ani in a juvenile male dog</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes" id="author-71849225"><name><surname>Franklin</surname><given-names>Phil Henry</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="author-71850065"><name><surname>Cronin</surname><given-names>Anna Maria</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="author-22414552"><name><surname>Ladlow</surname><given-names>Jane</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="author-38601388"><name><surname>Owen</surname><given-names>Laura</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><institution content-type="department">Department of Veterinary Medicine</institution>, <institution>University of Cambridge</institution>, <addr-line content-type="city">Cambridge</addr-line>, <addr-line content-type="state">Cambridgeshire</addr-line>, <country>UK</country></aff><author-notes><corresp><label>Correspondence to</label> Phil Henry Franklin; <email>pf285@cam.ac.uk</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>4</issue><elocation-id>e000945</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>05</day><month>08</month><year>2019</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>27</day><month>11</month><year>2019</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>04</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#x00A9; British Veterinary Association 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year></permissions><self-uri xlink:title="pdf" xlink:href="vetreccr-2019-000945.pdf"/><abstract><p>A four-month-old, entire male, German wirehaired pointer presented with tenesmus due to type I atresia ani and with urination observed through this stenosed anal opening. A positive contrast retrograde urethrogram demonstrated a urethrorectal fistula and stricture of the penile urethra. Urine culture revealed heavy mixed bacterial growth, which was treated with appropriate antibiotics. Surgical correction of the congenital urethrorectal fistula was performed via a perineal approach with a 3.5 French catheter placed retrograde into the fistula to facilitate its dissection. The anal stenosis was addressed by surgical anoplasty and the urethral stricture via a scrotal urethrostomy. The dog recovered well with the owner reporting complete resolution of the clinical signs and urination via the urethrostomy site at six&#x2009;months postoperatively. To the authors&#x2019; knowledge, this is the first reported case of congenital urethrorectal fistula associated with type 1 atresia ani in a male dog.</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>urethrorectal fistula</kwd><kwd>type 1 atresia ani</kwd><kwd>urogenital surgery</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>