Análise das possíveis causas do criptorquidismo equino e suas implicações

• Autor(a) principal: Caceres, Amanda Manara
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/216158
• topic: Cryptorchidism; Horses; Etiology; Reproduction; Criptorquidismo; Cavalos; Etiologia; Reprodução

A mammal is considered a cryptorchid when one or both testicles are not found in the scrotum after sexual maturity and can be found anywhere adjacent to the inguinal rings to the caudal pole of the kidneys. Several studies aimed at determining the etiology of cryptorchidism and understanding the anatomophysiological process of testicular migration is fundamental. In both humans and animals there is scientific evidence that this disease has genetic susceptibility and that the changes in genes are located in more than one locus. Allied to this, other possible causes are listed, such as environmental factors that can affect the correct hormonal functioning. Once there is this ectopy, there is also the perception of complications such as: inguinal hernias, acute abdomen, morphological and functional changes and even the development of neoplasms. Despite not having a well-described etiology, the diagnosis and treatment for this disease are known and are part of the routine of veterinarians. In this sense, cryptorchidism is of great importance to the equestrian environment and various breed associations around the world discuss what should be the conduct towards cryptorchid animals, since their use in reproduction generates divergent opinions.