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==Prevention of recurrence==

==Prevention of recurrence==

Non-surgically: the horse is placed on a sloping plank bridge or similar, with the hind quarters upwards and the front quarters downwards for some days.

'''Non-surgically''': the horse is placed on a sloping plank bridge or similar, with the hind quarters upwards and the front quarters downwards for some days.

Surgically: the edges of the incised vaginal tunic at the site of the scrotal wound are grasped using haemostatic forceps. Then, the vaginal tunic is freed from the surrounding skin and dartos, crushed as proximal as possible, ligated and transected distally.

 

'''Surgically''': the edges of the incised vaginal tunic at the site of the scrotal wound are grasped using haemostatic forceps. Then, the vaginal tunic is freed from the surrounding skin and dartos, crushed as proximal as possible, ligated and transected distally.

=Eventration=

=Eventration=

=Infection=

=Infection=

Infection can be superficial and easily dealt with, or deeper, leading to involvement of the vaginal tunic and scirrhous cord. Any suspicion of infection should be promptly investigated under sedation using a gloved hand. Clinical signs include an increase heart rate,respiratory rate and temperature. There may also be a reduction in appetite and the horse have a stiff gait. Local superficial infection is best dealt with by enlarging the incision sites to improve drainage, cold hosing and walking as for oedema and a course of antibiotic treatment. If infection is within the vaginal tunic, repeat surgery is required to resect all affected tissue and this may need to be combined with scrotal ablation if the scrotal tissue is also oedematous and infected.

Infection can be superficial and easily dealt with, or deeper, leading to involvement of the vaginal tunic and scirrhous cord. Any suspicion of infection should be promptly investigated under sedation using a gloved hand. Clinical signs include an increase heart rate,respiratory rate and temperature. There may also be a reduction in appetite and the horse have a stiff gait.  

 

Local superficial infection is best dealt with by enlarging the incision sites to improve drainage, cold hosing and walking as for oedema and a course of antibiotic treatment. If infection is within the vaginal tunic, repeat surgery is required to resect all affected tissue and this may need to be combined with scrotal ablation if the scrotal tissue is also oedematous and infected.

 

 

 

This is a common problem but is rarely due to retained testicular tissue. Instead it is attributed to learned behaviour.

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