title: [Cryptorchism in vicunas (Lama vicugna)].
abstract: In 1986 three cases of cryptorchidism were found in 60 vicugnas kept in zoological gardens. The castration of one male and the histology of the testicles are described. The importance of considering hereditary defects in breeding zoo animals is pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Zoologisch-botanischen Garten Wilhelma, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rietschel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D002161:Camelids, New World; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology