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Discussion on Gelding with Stud Behavior and Elevated Estrogen Level
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Mir13
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Posted on Wednesday, Dec 29, 2004 - 4:04 pm:
Ok, I've read the articles, read the posts and now must post my own story. I purchased my 5 year old TB off the Charlestown track in February of this year. He is my second retired racer gelding. Bluesy was fine until some fillies came to the barn he was at. He attempted to mount them and became distressed when removed from them. They arrived 6 months after I had first purchased him, so though he was on Equipose, it should have been out of his system.
I moved him closer to me. At that barn, he was surrounded by mature mares, some in season. He tried to jump his stall door and became caught one night trying to get to a mare in season. He DrOps and all.
I had an estrogen test conducted the week before thanksgiving. The level came back at 7.3 while my vet said .2 is the typical level of a gelding.
We thought, yes!, he's a cryptorchid. He'll have the surgery and then just have to relearn some behavior (understand, I'm not trying to simplify the issue, just trying to keep this as short as can be).
December 13, he went in for the surgery. They found no testicle. They did remove the epididymus (sp?) and some muscles usually attached to the testicles. It has not yet been long enough to tell if there will be a difference from removing those items.
What do you all think? Any ideas? How could he have such an elevated estrogen level but no testicle?
thanks for your time.
Miranda
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Dec 30, 2004 - 8:18 pm:
Hello Miranda,
Did you mean “estrogen” or “estrone sulfate”? See the article Care: Specific Situations: Castration for more on why this is important.
DrO
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Mir13
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Posted on Friday, Dec 31, 2004 - 10:59 am:
Good question - I'll ask my vet. I just know she said they were going to do an Estrogen test on him because he was old enough for it and that he would have to come in for the testosterone.
thanks and Happy New Year all,
Miranda
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