Posthioplasty in Zebu bulls in the Department of Córdoba, Colombia

Abstract

Posthitis is a pathology that affects the parietal mucosa and the extreme anterior of the connective sheaths of the prepuce, with or without involvement of the tegumentary portion, and can impede the protrusion of the penis. Predisposing causes in bulls include morphogenetic, traumatic, and infectious pruritic characteristics in the present study, one of the most frequent causes was lack of hygiene. The most obvious signs are: difficult or impossible copulation, edema, necrosis of prolapsed mucosa, myiasis, hemorrhage, abscess, urinary retention, local hyperthermia, and pain at palpation. Medical or surgical treatment depends on the assessment of the lesion and libido, the value of the bull, age, penile involvement, management and postoperative complications, and availability of trained personnel, among others. This research presents a non-probabilistic descriptive study of breeding animals, describing the medical-surgical follow-up of bulls aged between 4.5 and 9 years with disease of the mucosa and connective tissue of the prepuce. At examination, constant clinical symptoms were decreased libido, ulcerative inflammation of the preputial mucosa, phimosis, and, in 7 animals, urinary retention in the sac. The objective of this report was to describe the surgical technique used for the solution of a series of 25 cases of posthitis in Zebu bulls in the Department of Córdoba, Colombia.