Factors affecting prolapse of the prepuce in bulls.
The present state of our knowledge on the symptoms, pathogenesis and breed susceptibility of preputial prolapse in bulls is reviewed together with the anatomical and physiological relationships that operate in the development of a prolapse of the inner layer of the sheath. Suggestions for the elimination of the condition through selection are made.
D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D002417:Cattle; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003714:Denervation; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010413:Penis / Q000032:analysis / Q000294:innervation; D011391:Prolapse; D012641:Selection, Genetic