Twenty-five animals, Murrah, buffaloes fetus, with 5 to 9 months of age (15 females and 10 males) was analyzed by dissection after injected with latex substance. The fetuses were collected in a slaughterhouse and fixed in aqueous formol solution 10%. In the Caudal Vena Cava the following origin tributaries were observed: the common right and left iliac veins and collateral tributaries; the median sacral vein; frenic vein; 1-5 Lumbar veins; the circumflex deep veins of the right and left ileum; 3-4 hepatic veins; right genital vein (testicular or ovarian); adrenal vein and renal right and left veins.
Caudal vena cava; Buffalo; Anatomy
