VGO 511: Veterinary Andrology and Reproductive Techniques (1+1)

Acute or Sub-acute trauma, stress or disease

ACUTE OR SUB-ACUTE TRAUMA, STESS OR DISEASE

• It may cause rapid or progressive testicular degeneration in males.

• Those that have been associated with reduced fertility and a decline in semen quality are: shipping under adverse conditions of heat and cold, severe fatigue, excessive physical work, traumatic gastritis in bulls, liver or abdominal abscesses, multiple severe contusions with fractured ribs, severe screw-worm infestations, moderate quittors in bulls, acute laminitis in rams, horses and other species, kickt wounds and resulting haematomas of the testes and scrotum in stallions and extensive infected wounds.

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