Final: Gilbert (Male) Flashcards
Where to the retractor penis muscles attach in a bull?
Ventral surface of the penis
Distal to the second loop of the sigmoid flexure
What does the deep artery supply?
Corpus cavernosum
T/F: The blood supply to the corpus spongiosum and the superficial surfaces of the penis does not communicate with the blood supply to the corpus cavernosum in the bull.
True
What nerve innervates the tip of the penis in the bull? What is the parent nerve?
Dorsal nerve
Dorsal branch of the pudendal nerve
Divides when reaches head of penis
What structure allows the tip of a bulls penis to curl into a spiral upon ejaculation?
Apical ligament
T/F: Manual extension of the penis can only be done in castrated adult bulls.
False, only in young bulls
What nerve may be blocked to allow for insepection of the penis?
Pudendal nerve
Why may a farmer want to wait until the bull is older to castrate him?
Better growth
Integrity of the dorsal nerve of the penis is essential for:
a. Erection
b. Ejaculation
c. Intromission
d. Urination
e. A and B
f. B and C
g. A and D
f. B and C
What’s this?
Callicrate
Elastrator on roids
Why are preputial orfice ulcers more commonly seen in show bulls?
High protein diet = High urea
Hair around orifice clipped short (aesthetics) = Urine accumulation
How are umcomplicated decubital ulcers managed in rams?
Surgical excision
What part of the penis prolapses?
Lamina interna
When repairing preputial stenosis (cicatrix), how can post-op scar tissue formation be minimized?
Make angled, oval, or zig-zag incision
How is minor cicatrix repaired? (incision and suture)
Longitdinal incision
Suture transversely
Which AI injury typically occurs shortly after return from a bull’s “lay-off” period? How can it be avoided?
Preputial avulsion (penile laceration)
Make the artifical vagina a few degrees cooler (so he mounts less enthusiastically)
Prolpase of the prepuce is mainly a oroblem of
a. Bos taurus bulls
b. Bos indicus bulls
c. Beef bulls
d. Dairy bulls
e. A and C
f. B and C
g. A and D
h. B and D
f. B and C
Bos taurus polled breeds also get it (Hereford, Angus)
T/F: Preputial avulsion is almost exclusively a problem of bulls in artifical insemination studs
True
When does preputial separation normally occur in bulls?
Complete by 9 months (usually)
What is the condition called in which there is an area of incomplete attachment between the lamina interna and the shaft of the penis?
Persistent frenulum
What nerves can be blocked for reparing a persistent frenulum?
Pudendal (x2)
Dorsal
What is this lesion? What is the typical signalment? How can it be prevented?
Penile fibropapilloma (BPV-1)
Young bulls kept in groups
Give BPV-4 or 2 (skin papillomatosis) vaccine for cross-protection