THE EFFECT OF PREPUBERAL AND POSTPUBERAL GONADECTOMY ON PENILE EXTRUSION AND URETHRAL DIAMETER IN THE DOMESTIC CAT

Authors
ROOT MV JOHNSTON SD JOHNSTON GR OLSON PN
Citation
Mv. Root et al., THE EFFECT OF PREPUBERAL AND POSTPUBERAL GONADECTOMY ON PENILE EXTRUSION AND URETHRAL DIAMETER IN THE DOMESTIC CAT, Veterinary radiology & ultrasound, 37(5), 1996, pp. 363-366
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary radiology & ultrasound → ACNP
ISSN journal
10588183
Volume
37
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
363 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-8183(1996)37:5<363:TEOPAP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Male (n = 6/group) and female (n = 6/group) kittens were gonadectomize d at 7 weeks or 7 months of age, or left intact, At 22 months of age, complete penile extrusion was possible in all of the intact males, in 3/5 (60%) males castrated at 7 months of age, and in none of the males castrated at 7 weeks of age, Antegrade (voiding) cystourethrograms we re performed at 22 months of age, Diameter of the preprostatic (p = 0. 13) and penile (p > 0.25) urethra of male cats did not vary by group, Diameter of the pre-pelvic urethra of female cats gonadectomized at 7 weeks of age was significantly smaller than that of intact females (p = 0.02).