Abnormal antler growth associated with testicular hypogonadism in red deer.
A wild 5-yr-old red deer (Cervus elaphus) was eulled from a privately owned herd because of deformed antlers, retained velvet and bilateral symmetrical testicular hypogonadism. The clinical and pathological changes seen in this deer were most consistent with congenital hypoplasia, but testicular atrophy was an alternative possibility for the etiology of their condition.
Carrasco
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Department of Anatomy and Comparative Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Córdoba, Spain.
Fierro
Y
Y
Sánchez-Castillejo
J M
JM
Hervás
J
J
Pérez
J
J
Gómez-Villamandos
J C
JC
D000818:Animals; D000999:Antlers / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D001284:Atrophy; D003670:Deer; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*