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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16315"><p>Ok, just saw this odd discussion... One way of looking at this is that cryptorchidism is a weakness, and should not be propagated. Another is that it is a swift route to cancer--there is a very high risk in the retained testicle due to higher internal temperatures. Yet another is that it will negatively affect the offspring for potentially generations to come, costing the entire industry--who buys the defective calves, breeds them etc. Just because an animal CAN breed never means that they SHOULD breed. And just because every animal eventually goes to slaughter doesn't mean that inferior ones shouldn't go faster.</p><p></p><p>And on a side note, castrating one side of a racehorse is a totally different proposition, in that removing a HEALTHY NORMAL testicle and leaving a HEALTHY NORMAL testicle behind does not in any way decrease the genetic merit, however if the horse were cryptorchid and that one was removed, it does invalidate any genetic merit in the horse industry.</p><p></p><p>JMHO V</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16315"] Ok, just saw this odd discussion... One way of looking at this is that cryptorchidism is a weakness, and should not be propagated. Another is that it is a swift route to cancer--there is a very high risk in the retained testicle due to higher internal temperatures. Yet another is that it will negatively affect the offspring for potentially generations to come, costing the entire industry--who buys the defective calves, breeds them etc. Just because an animal CAN breed never means that they SHOULD breed. And just because every animal eventually goes to slaughter doesn't mean that inferior ones shouldn't go faster. And on a side note, castrating one side of a racehorse is a totally different proposition, in that removing a HEALTHY NORMAL testicle and leaving a HEALTHY NORMAL testicle behind does not in any way decrease the genetic merit, however if the horse were cryptorchid and that one was removed, it does invalidate any genetic merit in the horse industry. JMHO V [/QUOTE]
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