cryptorchid

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Forum leaders raised the question of ethics in treating cryptorchid horses -- is treatment doing the horse any good?

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  • Disqualification -- Unilateral cryptorchid or cryptorchid males.
  • Forum leaders raised the question of ethics in treating cryptorchid horses -- is treatment doing the horse any good? —  TheHorse.com News
  • The cryptorchid colts had lower levels of testosterone (78.5 pg / mL) than colts with both descended testicles (132.5 pg / ml), but this number was not significant, possibly due to the small number of colts in the study. —  TheHorse.com News
  • "Additional studies are necessary to determine if early hormone intervention in prepubertal cryptorchid colts minimizes Sertoli cell degeneration (which has been shown in cryptorchid boys) and improves subsequent fertility," he concluded. —  TheHorse.com News
  • The same astringent dressings may be tried as in hydrocele, and, this failing, castration may be resorted to ABNORMAL NUMBER OF TESTICLES Sometimes one or both testicles are wanting; in most such cases, however, they are merely partially developed, and retained in the inguinal canal or abdomen (cryptorchid). —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
 

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