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Use of a Deslorelin Implant for Influencing Sex Hormones and Male Behaviour in a Stallion:
case report (2012)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Schönert, Susanne

Reher, Martina

Gruber, Achim D (WE 12)

Carstanjen, Bianca

Quelle

Acta veterinaria Hungarica

Bandzählung: 60

Heftzählung: 4

Seiten: 511 – 519

ISSN: 0236-6290

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1556/AVet.2012.045

Pubmed: 23160033

Kontakt

Institut für Tierpathologie

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 15
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62450
pathologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

This case report describes the use of a subcutaneously applied 4.7-mg deslorelin acetate implant in a three-year-old Arabian crossbred stallion showing unwanted strong male behaviour. Following deslorelin acetate implantation the stallion showed a short transitional increase in male behaviour. A 'gelding-like' behaviour was noted 15 days (D15) after treatment. The horse was surgically castrated at the owners request at D52 after treatment. Serum testosterone, oestradiol-17β and oestrone sulphate values decreased after deslorelin acetate implantation, but serum LH and FSH levels remained unchanged. Histopathological analysis of both testes and sperm analysis revealed a reduced spermatogenesis at D52. The testicular volume decreased after treatment. The use of a subcutaneously applied deslorelin acetate implant might be a promising tool to change the behaviour of aggressive stallions.