A study of some factors influencing fertility and sterility in the bullGilman, Herbert Lester
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A study of some factors influencing fertility and sterility in the bull
Gilman, Herbert Lester
Cattle; Infertility in animals; Livestock; Thesis (Ph. D.)
TESTES: The testes seldom presented gross alterations of structure
except for abscess formation, which, according to Williams, occurs more
frequently in the bull than in any of the other domesticated animals. He
also states that arrest in development by which the organs remain soft,
flaccid, and somewhat smaller than normal is not uncommon. One very
interesting specimen, which typifies abscess formation, came from a bull
with a history revealing that one testis had become much enlarged, hot,
and painful. These symptoms developed very rapidly. Anorexia was well
marked. Local applications were used for several weeks, but at the end
of two months the condition was so little improved that unilateral
castration was performed. The general condition of the animal soon
improved, but after a year of service he was so uncertain compared to
what he had been, that he was sent to the butcher. It was impossible to
obtain the other testicle for study, though it undoubtedly was abnormal.
The testicle removed was considerably enlarged, measuring twenty by ten
and one-half centimeters. The tunica albuginea presented a thickness of
six millimeters, and was made up of firm sclerotic tissue. The
epididymis was not recognizable in the mass. Testicular tissue was
almost entirely gone. The only remains, of what appeared to have been
parenchyma, was an elongated irregular area at one side of the organ.
This tissue consisted of a whitish opalescent material, speckled with
varying sized abscesses. This organ is pictured in Fig. 3. The remainder
of the organ consisted of a thick yellowish caseous mass. _Streptococcus
viridans_ was recovered from the outer portion of the organ, and guinea
pig inoculations failed to demonstrate _Bact. abortum_.
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