Abstract
Information regarding expected outcomes such as surgical complications and successful return to natural service after surgery to correct penile deviation of bulls is limited. Therefore, when examining a bull with a penile deviation, making evidence-based recommendations and managing client expectations for return to function is difficult for veterinarians. The objective of the study reported here is to provide documented outcomes of return to reproductive performance for bulls following surgery to correct penile deviation. Medical records at 4 teaching hospitals from 2008 to 2022 were reviewed. Surgical and reproductive outcomes of impotent bulls that underwent surgery to correct spiral or ventral deviation by either fascia graft or synthetic mesh were evaluated. Only 10 cases, from 3 teaching hospitals, had sufficient follow-up information regarding outcome after surgery to be evaluated. None of the bulls experienced surgical complications (e.g., infection, dehiscence, etc.). Surgery sufficiently corrected the deviation to achieve intromission in 6 of the 10 bulls. Five of these 6 bulls sired progeny. Overall, surgical correction of penile deviation in bulls appears to have a low risk for complications, but the success of surgery in returning the bull to reproductive soundness is inconsistent, as only 5 of the 10 total cases sired progeny via natural service.
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