Veterinary Andrology and Reproductive Techniques

VISION AND TEETH

• Good sight is important to the breeding bull.
• Common eye problems are pink eye, scars and squamous cell carcinoma.
• Scars resulting from infectious keratitis seldom obscure a bulls vision enough to impair breeding ability.
• However, detection of early cancer eye should be reason for slaughter or surgery because these lesions can develop rapidly, reduce salvage value and interfere with bulls breeding value.
• Oral examination to detect oral deficiencies
• A bull that has lost teeth is unable to chew properly and will lose weight rapidly during the breeding season, resulting in impaired reproductive performance.