Male Reproductive Pathology II Flashcards
When is canine prostate disease most common?
Entire male dogs, older than 6 years old
What are the overlapping clinical signs of canine prostate disease?
- Ejaculatory failure
- Urinary and defecatory tenesmus
- Haemaria
What is benign prostatic hyperplasia?
Spontaeous development of glandular hyperplasia above three years
What promotes benign prostatic hyperplasia?
Promoted by a change in oestrogen and testosterone secretion by the testis
What drives prostate growth?
Increased DHT
What bacteria usually causes acute prostatitis?
E.Coli
What does chronic prostatis usually cause?
Abcessation
What does chronic prostatitis look like?
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
- Neutrophils in ejaculate
What is paraphimosis?
unable to retract the engorged penis into the prepuce
What is Phimosis?
Inability to protrude the penis from the prepuce
What is coital exanthema?
- Transmissable at breeding, pustules around the preputial folds- self resolves after 3 weeks
What is bovine papillomavirus?
- Benign tumours that generally regress
- Ocassional malignant transformation to SCC
- Equine Sarcoidosis
What is penile SCC?
Most common penile neoplasia
What do SCC lesions look like?
- Heavily keratinised plaques
- early = raised, ulcerated lesion
- late = cauliflower-like lesion
What does a penile melanoma look like?
- Much less common
- Grey horses are more susceptible
- Generally slow growing
What is habrenomiasis?
Migrating and encysted habronema larvae- transmitted via biting flies