CONCURRENT RETROGRADE EJACULATION AND HYPOTHYROIDISM IN A DOG - CASE-REPORT

Authors
ROOT MV JOHNSTON SD OLSON PN
Citation
Mv. Root et al., CONCURRENT RETROGRADE EJACULATION AND HYPOTHYROIDISM IN A DOG - CASE-REPORT, Theriogenology, 41(3), 1994, pp. 593-600
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Theriogenology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0093691X
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
593 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-691X(1994)41:3<593:CREAHI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Retrograde ejaculation and hypothyroidism were diagnosed in a 19-mo-ol d Labrador retriever: The retrograde ejaculation was reversed followin g the administration of the sympathomimetic agent, pseudoephedrine hyd rochloride, at a dose of 4 mg/kg per os given 1 and 3 h before semen c ollection. Antegrade ejaculation failed to occur after normalization o f serum thyroid hormone levels by thyroxine supplementation. The patho physiology of retrograde ejaculation is reviewed.