testicular cancers or diseases

[ponienut]

I have heard this is a great place to get info and I can't find any info on this topic that I can understand, since I dont know vet lingo so I am hoping someone here can enlighten me.

A senoir stallion on 25 years has had a steady decline in the size of his testicles over the past year, upon my last visit to see this old boy they were gone-not gelded gone- just gone away!!!

No signs of outside sores or bumps , just like they left the building!?!?

I know he had them at one time, I saw them myself. It is so hot I dont see how he can be carring them close the body like they sometimes do in winter.

Could this be sometype of testicular cancer, does anyone here know anything about shrinking and/or disapearing testicales.

 

[Nathan Luszcz]

They haven't disapeared

BUT, as a stallion ages his testicles will undergo "testicular degeneration", aka shrinkage. The tissue that actually produces the sperm cells shrivel and eventually goes away. The rest of the testicles will remain, of course. They will also get a spongy, ribby feel to them. Those ribs are the connective tissue and duct system that holds the testicle together. That is completely normal. Not desirable, and not mandatory, but normal.

From season to season they will change too. The tissue will enlarge during the spring/summer season, and shrink in the fall/winter season. But they won't disappear

They are there, but in your case may be so small you can't find them in his scrotum.

Testicular cancer is VERY rare in stallions, almost (but not quite) unheard of. There is research on them trying to find out why, and if its possible to learn more about what prevents cancer so we can move that knowledge into the human world of medicine.

 

[CyndiD]

I have a "stallion" with a similar disappearance..... :no: ......I was told he might have had a severe case of strangles as a younger stallion and the high fever just caused them to wither. You cannot tell he ever had any and I wish I could show him as a gelding.

He acts like a gelding, but they will not let me show him in those classes since its not been done surgically. I could have a lot of fun with this boy if the registries would recognize "natural" castration....so to speak.

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