The Visual Guide to
Porcine Reproduction
Male Reproductive System: Scrotum
Scrotal Circumference - Horizontal.
Measurement of the horizontal diameter of one testicle of the boar at a time with a pair of calipers.
Shipley C (2006)
Scrotal Circumference - Vertical.
Measurement of the vertical diameter of one testicle of the boar at a time with a pair of calipers.
Shipley C (2006)
Scrotal Scars.
Multiple scrotal scars on this boar are the result of bite wounds. Trauma leads to inflammation and thickening of the skin and subsequent increased temperature of the testes with poor sperm quality.
Shipley C (2006)
Scrotal Trauma.
Multiple scrotal scars on this boar are the result of bite wounds. Trauma and infection lead to inflammation and thickening of the skin and subsequent increased temperature of the testes with poor sperm quality.
Shipley C (2006)