title: Management of Male Reproductive Tract Injuries and Disease.
abstract: Medical and surgical management can be used to restore a bull that has suffered a reproductive tract malady. The economic cost of treatment weighed against the bull's replacement value as well as prognosis for recovery is of prime consideration. In turn, early recognition of a treatable condition and immediate initiation of action are factors that impact both treatment cost and prognosis in many cases. Common problems are penile hair rings, fibropapillomas, vesicular adenitis, penile hematoma, and traumatic injury to the prepuce. Less frequent problems are injuries that lead to denervation of the penis, penile shunts, and penile deviation.
authors.affiliation: Theriogenology, Food Animal Medicine & Ambulatory, Department of Pathobiology & Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 4561 South Montgomery, Starkville, MS 39759, USA. Electronic address: hopper@cvm.msstate.edu.
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hopper
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000293:injuries*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012611:Scrotum / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000662:veterinary
keywords: Bull; Penis; Prepuce; Scrotum; Surgery; Trauma; Urogenital