Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel Bucks

Out of 1608 Nigerian Sahel male goats (bucks) examined for cryptorchidism in an abattoir, 9 (0.6%) had right unilateral cryptorchidism. The coat colour-specific prevalence was highest among the brown bucks (2.1%); and was 0.8%, 0.6%, and 0.3% among black, white, back-and-white bucks, respectively. T...

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Autores principales: Igbokwe,I. O, Grema,H. A, Ikpo,A. E, Mshelbwala,F. M, Igbokwe,N. A
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-950220090003000272010-04-05Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel BucksIgbokwe,I. OGrema,H. AIkpo,A. EMshelbwala,F. MIgbokwe,N. A Abdominal Cryptorchidism Goat Hypoplasia Morphometry Nigeria Sahel Subcutaneous Testis Unilateral Degeneration Orchitis Fibroplasia Out of 1608 Nigerian Sahel male goats (bucks) examined for cryptorchidism in an abattoir, 9 (0.6%) had right unilateral cryptorchidism. The coat colour-specific prevalence was highest among the brown bucks (2.1%); and was 0.8%, 0.6%, and 0.3% among black, white, back-and-white bucks, respectively. The condition was not found among bucks with brown-and-black, brown-and-white, and multiple coat colours. The right and left testes of normal bucks and the descended testes of cryptorchid bucks had comparable gross testicular measurements, but the retained cryptorchid testes were smaller in size. The estimates of the testicular measurements showed that testicular weights (with the entire epididymes), peripheral longitudinal lengths and mid-circumferences of the cryptorchids were reduced by 5.8-6.5, 1.8-1.9, and 1.7-1.8 folds, respectively, when compared with the normal values; an indication that reduction in weight was the most remarkable index of change in testicular size. In 2 cases (20%), cryptorchid testes were at a subcutaneous location, embedded in a subcutaneous fascia in the ventral perineal region, while in the other 8 cryptorchid cases (80%), the testes were in the abdomen. Histopathological changes in the cryptorchid testes included hypoplasia, degeneration, interstitial non-suppurative inflammation and fibroplasia. This is the first report of cryptorchidism in the Sahel goat and the first evidence that cryptorchid testis may be located subcutaneously in the goat.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.27 n.3 20092009-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022009000300027en10.4067/S0717-95022009000300027
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Abdominal
Cryptorchidism
Goat
Hypoplasia
Morphometry
Nigeria
Sahel
Subcutaneous
Testis
Unilateral
Degeneration
Orchitis
Fibroplasia
spellingShingle Abdominal
Cryptorchidism
Goat
Hypoplasia
Morphometry
Nigeria
Sahel
Subcutaneous
Testis
Unilateral
Degeneration
Orchitis
Fibroplasia
Igbokwe,I. O
Grema,H. A
Ikpo,A. E
Mshelbwala,F. M
Igbokwe,N. A
Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel Bucks
description Out of 1608 Nigerian Sahel male goats (bucks) examined for cryptorchidism in an abattoir, 9 (0.6%) had right unilateral cryptorchidism. The coat colour-specific prevalence was highest among the brown bucks (2.1%); and was 0.8%, 0.6%, and 0.3% among black, white, back-and-white bucks, respectively. The condition was not found among bucks with brown-and-black, brown-and-white, and multiple coat colours. The right and left testes of normal bucks and the descended testes of cryptorchid bucks had comparable gross testicular measurements, but the retained cryptorchid testes were smaller in size. The estimates of the testicular measurements showed that testicular weights (with the entire epididymes), peripheral longitudinal lengths and mid-circumferences of the cryptorchids were reduced by 5.8-6.5, 1.8-1.9, and 1.7-1.8 folds, respectively, when compared with the normal values; an indication that reduction in weight was the most remarkable index of change in testicular size. In 2 cases (20%), cryptorchid testes were at a subcutaneous location, embedded in a subcutaneous fascia in the ventral perineal region, while in the other 8 cryptorchid cases (80%), the testes were in the abdomen. Histopathological changes in the cryptorchid testes included hypoplasia, degeneration, interstitial non-suppurative inflammation and fibroplasia. This is the first report of cryptorchidism in the Sahel goat and the first evidence that cryptorchid testis may be located subcutaneously in the goat.
author Igbokwe,I. O
Grema,H. A
Ikpo,A. E
Mshelbwala,F. M
Igbokwe,N. A
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Grema,H. A
Ikpo,A. E
Mshelbwala,F. M
Igbokwe,N. A
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title Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel Bucks
title_short Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel Bucks
title_full Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel Bucks
title_fullStr Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel Bucks
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Nigerian Sahel Bucks
title_sort unilateral cryptorchidism in nigerian sahel bucks
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate 2009
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