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Table 1 Age, breed, subjective length of spermatic cord stump, presence of neuroma and reason for euthanasia of 20 geldings

From: Neuromas at the castration site in geldings

Gelding

Age (years)

Breed

Length of stump

Neuroma left/right

Cause for euthanasia

1

25

Lusitano

Short

+/+

Heart failure

2

7

Quarter horse

Medium

−/−

Colic

3

7

Ardennes horse

Long

−/+

Chronic lameness

4

6

SWB

Medium

+/−

Back problem

5

8

Standard breed trotter

Short

−/−

Chronic illness

6

25

Welsh Cob.

Long

+/+

Tumour

7

5

North Swedish draft horse

Medium

−/+

Lameness

8

10

Cross breed

Long

−/+

Ventricular dilatation

9

11

Warmblood

Medium

−/−

Colic

10

5

Standard breed trotter

Medium

+/+

Neurological signs

11

12

Coldblooded trotter

Short

−/na

Colic

12

15

Anglo arab

Long

+/+

Ventricular tumor

13

17

Icelandic horse

Long

+/+

Sudden death

14

12

Friesian

Medium

−/−

Colic

15

10

Arab horse

Medium

−/+

Colic

16

7

PRE

Short

+/+

Lameness

17

7

SWB

Long

−/−

Colic

18

22

SWB

Medium

+/+

Colic

19

8

Icelandic horse

Long

−/−

Colitis

20

18

Swedish pony

Medium

+/+

Colic

  1. Presence (+) or absence (−) of neuroma
  2. na not analysed, SWH Swedish Warmblood Horse, PRE pura raza española