Monorchidism in a four-beat gaited horse

Ciência Rural

Faleiros, Rafael Resende¹  Rocha Júnior, Sérgio da Silva¹  Corrêa, Mayara Gomes¹  Costa, Guilherme Mattos Jardim²  Mendes, Heloisa Maria Falcão¹  Oliveira, Celina Alves de¹  Beier, Suzane Lilian¹  Magalhães, Jéssica Fontana de¹  Alves, Geraldo Eleno Silveira¹ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

关键词: equine;    monorchidism;    orchiectomy;    diagnosis;    cryptorchidism;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0103-8478cr20140159

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria * Centro de Ciencias Rurais

【 摘 要 】

As monorchidism is rarely reported in horses and no case report has been found in the national literature, the objective was to describe a case in an eight-year old Brazilian adult horse. Using an inguinal approach in the left side, an intact tunica vaginalis was found containing the tail of a malformed epididymis, the ductus deferens and a thin vascular pedicle but without evidence of testicle. Histological and hormonal exams confirmed the absence of testicular tissue. In conclusion, histological and hormonal exams are essential for the diagnosis of monorchidism, which although rare, can also affect national horses

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