Veterinary Andrology and Reproductive Techniques

DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Diagnosis

• Based on the above described symptoms.
• The diagnosis of testicular hypoplasia should not be made before 2 years of age in the bull and horse or before one year of age in the boar, ram ,dog or cat unless the hypoplasia is marked and the male is well grown.
• The testicular hypoplasia may be erroneously diagnosed in young immature males that are underdeveloped or are retarded in growth at the generally accepted time of puberty for the species.

Prognosis

• Prognosis is poor.
• Affected animals should not be used for breeding because the condition may be hereditary.
• Severally affected animals are sterile or highly infertile.
• Mildly to moderately affected animals may have only a lowered fertility but are more prone to early testicular degeneration.

Treatment

• The germinal epithelium of the affected animals apparently cannot respond to gonadotropic therapy because spermatogonia are reduced in numbers or lacking in hypoplasia of testis

Treatment of testicular hypoplasia in animals has been unsuccessful