Vicky the vet
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Ok, I've done quite a few of these surgeries. Saskatchewan they were silicates, different here in Ontario.
#1 It's not a bladder stone. It's in the urethra
#2 Dogs and cattle are NOT the same. The cattle have a cartilagenous penis, dogs have a bone. Surgery on them is not at all similar in this case.
#3 Surgery involves an incision below his anus, the penis being retracted so that the whole thing is pulled out thru the incision, then it is ligated, the urethra opened and sutured to allow urination to occur caudally. In other words, there isn't anything left to breed with. For a bull, that's the same as death. If you try to mess with the urethra, you'll get strictures and death.
#4 There is usually a single stone, maybe 2 stuck part way down the urinary tract between the bladder and the urethral orifice. These are about the size of a pea.
Any further questions?
#1 It's not a bladder stone. It's in the urethra
#2 Dogs and cattle are NOT the same. The cattle have a cartilagenous penis, dogs have a bone. Surgery on them is not at all similar in this case.
#3 Surgery involves an incision below his anus, the penis being retracted so that the whole thing is pulled out thru the incision, then it is ligated, the urethra opened and sutured to allow urination to occur caudally. In other words, there isn't anything left to breed with. For a bull, that's the same as death. If you try to mess with the urethra, you'll get strictures and death.
#4 There is usually a single stone, maybe 2 stuck part way down the urinary tract between the bladder and the urethral orifice. These are about the size of a pea.
Any further questions?