kinda surprised no one's talking about it here.
Can't that kind of hernia pose a threat to the testicles in some cases?
Anyone think they're keeping things quiet for now?
VERY short bloodhorse article about it yesterday.
Afleet Alex's hernia
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Afleet Alex's hernia
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Hmm. I have a friend who had a stallion who got an inguinal hernia and was dead six hours later. It can certainly affect fertility in the future if the pipeline from the testicle got a knot in it, had to be cut out and sewn back up. Like the fallopian tubes.. scar tissue could form and block the semen. Shhh.. don't tell AA's underwriters before the next breeding season...
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I would be the last person to know the details of Afleet Alex's case, but I can say that if he suffered an inguinal hernia, then he is certainly sans one of his "best friends" today. The testicle would have had to be removed, no other way around it.
Good news is that his fertility shouldn't be affected too much; just look at all those ridglings breeding out there. Unless you consider the fact that this type of herniation is almost certainly heritable--just look at tennessee walking horses, who are way overrepresented for scrotal hernias.
Hopefully Afleet Alex is doing OK--this is a very, very serious condition that presents as a colic, since the horse's bowels slip down into the opened inguinal space. This entrapment leads to the signs of severe pain that would alert caretakers of a problem. Depending on the condition of the entrapped bowel in surgery, the compromised portional may have been removed (a resection) or, if it look viable, then shoved back up into the abdomnen.
Either way, I do find it interesting that there was no mention of the fact that this was a serious condition nor was it presented as a type of colic surgery (which it is) that can result in death, even if all looks OK after sx at first. The longer the horse goes w/o complications, though, the better, so hopefully he is still doing well.
Good news is that his fertility shouldn't be affected too much; just look at all those ridglings breeding out there. Unless you consider the fact that this type of herniation is almost certainly heritable--just look at tennessee walking horses, who are way overrepresented for scrotal hernias.
Hopefully Afleet Alex is doing OK--this is a very, very serious condition that presents as a colic, since the horse's bowels slip down into the opened inguinal space. This entrapment leads to the signs of severe pain that would alert caretakers of a problem. Depending on the condition of the entrapped bowel in surgery, the compromised portional may have been removed (a resection) or, if it look viable, then shoved back up into the abdomnen.
Either way, I do find it interesting that there was no mention of the fact that this was a serious condition nor was it presented as a type of colic surgery (which it is) that can result in death, even if all looks OK after sx at first. The longer the horse goes w/o complications, though, the better, so hopefully he is still doing well.
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