Pathological Conditions Associated with the Male Reproductive Tract of the Sahel Bucks

Table 2

Age specific incidence of pathological conditions in the male reproductive tracts of Sahel goats.

Reproductive tract pathologies	Number (%) in population based on age
	<1–1.5	2–2.5	3–3.5
No of bucks examined	332	456	260
Testicular conditions
Bilateral testicular hypoplasia	18 (5.42)^a	25 (5.48)^a	0 (0)^b
Bilateral testicular atrophy	6 (1.81)^a	15 (3.29)^a	4 (1.54)^a
Unilateral cryptorchidism	4 (1.2)^a	9 (1.97)^a	0 (0)^b
Unilateral testicular hypoplasia	0 (0)^a	0 (0)^a	1 (0.38)^a
Penile conditions
Balanitis	2 (0.6)^a	2 (0.44)^a	1 (0.38)^a
Posthitis	3 (0.9)^a	5 (1.09)^a	1 (0.38)^a
Balanoposthitis	2 (0.6)^a	7 (1.53)^a	0 (0)^b
Paraphimosis	8 (2.4)^a	6 (1.31)^a	4 (1.54)^a
Penile laceration	1 (0.3)^a	5 (1.09)^a	3 (1.15)^a
Scrotal conditions
Scrotal laceration	2 (0.6)^a	7 (1.53)^a	2 (0.76)^a
Scrotal ectoparasitism	1 (0.3)^a	0 (0)^a	3 (1.15)^a
Hydrocoele	0 (0)^a	5 (1.09)^b	0 (0)^a
Hydrocoele with scrotal ectoparasitism	0 (0)^a	0 (0)^a	1 (0.38)^a
Scrotal laceration with posthitis	0 (0)^a	0 (0)^a	1 (0.38)^a
Scrotal laceration with balanitis	3 (0.9)^a	0 (0)^b	1 (0.38)^a
Total	50 (15.06)^a	86 (18.85)^a	22 (8.46)^b

a,bSignificant at 𝑃<0.05.