which brings me to my main point. The various male behaviors that I have described, including inter-male aggression and sexual aggression, may not be completely suppressed and may persist for years following castration of a super-male. It is possible that...
The female sperm is separated from the male sperm. Using this technology, dairy farmers can breed for only female calves. Many farms have used this technology to reduce the amount of boys that are born. A Little Holstein bull “Sir Britton” ...
Risk factors for serious surgical complications in canine cryptorchid castration Emma Faulkner and others, VCA Animal Hospital, Los Angeles Cryptorchidism is a common congenital abnormality in dogs, occurring more frequently in small breeds. The condition may be associated with testicular torsion and neop...
Different to queens, progestins were only occasionally used in male cats, both as pills or injectables. Especially the description of a mammary tumor as a possible side effect of progestin treatment in a male cat is noteworthy [74], [75], [76]. GnRH-agonists, especially DSRI, have been...
If a sex difference exists (or not), it may result from differential activational effects of endogenous gonadal steroids in the male versus the female brain. That is, actions of androgen in the male brain may differ from actions of estrogens or progesterone in the female brain. It is also ...
“Where there was a tongue, now there is a useless penis, a double castration and silencing. Putting flesh in the mouth also suggests that the enemy can be eaten. Cannibalism makes the soldier strong at the attacker’s expense.” So this was, in a way, the embalmer expressing her opinion...
The only solution is execution, not castration’.76 She saw transsexualism/transvestism as yet another means of raping women, of males using women for their own sexual gratification against women’s consent. She continued that ‘if rape does not demand the reward of death, what crime is ...
models of AD.Gonadectomy of both male and female mice simulates gonadal steroid depletion that occurs in human reproductive aging. It also enables a direct comparison between the sexes that is less confounded by differential, activational effects of gonadal hormones in the male versus female brain....
Diet and water affect the formation of stones in the kidney or bladder. However, since water belly is less frequently seen in bull calves, veterinarian David Van Metre at Colorado State University suggests delaying the castration of male calves, although he doesn't specify an age. Controlling th...
Freud believed that the child’s desire for the opposite-sex parent could lead to a sense of rivalry and even a fear of punishment from the same-sex parent, which he called “castration anxiety” in boys. To deal with these complex emotions, children may repress their feelings and identify...