The breeding soundness evaluation (BSE) was used to evaluate Senepol (Bos taurus) bulls (n = 495) on St. Croix over a 7-year period. Young, unproven bulls (10-26 months of age) and breeding bulls (16 months to 8.5 years) were tested prior to sale or use in breeding. Inbreeding coefficients were determined for a subset of bulls (n = 290). The percentage of bulls passing the BSE increased (P < 0....

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of scrotal calculi in men referred for scrotal ultrasonography (US), to identify any associated pathologies, and to investigate if any relationship exists between scrotal lithiasis and pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study in which 4084 scrotal US examinations in 3435 men were evaluated. Scrotal US was perfo...

INTRODUCTION The demand for high quality meat and the competition with other protein sources imposes the introduction of new technologies in the Brazilian beef cattle system of production. Most of breeding evaluation programs in Brazil, have given emphasis to records of weights and scrotal circumference (SC) at different ages, ignoring carcass traits (CT) and other growth traits. Carcass traits...

The objectives of this study were to estimate heritability for scrotal circumference (SC) and semen traits and their genetic correlations (rg) with birth weight (BRW). Semen traits were recorded for Line 1 Hereford bulls (n = 841), born in 1963 or from 1967 to 2000, that were selected for use at Fort Keogh (Miles City, MT) or for sale. Semen was collected by electroejaculation when bulls were a...

History.?It was an ordinary case of reducible scrotal hernia of two years duration in a boy of 12 years of age. Nearly a month and a half before the operation, the hernia became swollen, irreducible and extremely painful, and the parents thought an abscess was forming, and treated it. locally for the same. Then it burst, and left a fistulous opening through which fecal matter began to pour out....