CHRONIC-ACTIVE GRANULOMATEOUS-FIBROTIC EP IDIDYMITIS IN A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG

A case of a two year old Newfoundland-dog with a severe chronic inflam mation of the left epididymis is described. The symptoms are illustrat ed by special andrological findings (palpation, ultrasound, semen qual ity) and differentiated from other alterations of the intrascrotal org ans. Therapy was directed towards the prevention of inflammation expan sion to the right, macromorphologically unchanged testis and epididymi s as well as towards the maintenance of the dogs fertilizing ability. It consists of a three weeks parenteral antibiotic treatment and of ca stration of the left testis and epididymis. The therapeutic effects ar e controlled by another andrological examination performed two and a h alf months after the unilateral castration.