Coelioscopic orchiectomy can be effectively and safely accomplished in chelonians

摘要

Orchiectomy is commonly performed for contraception and management of various medical and behavioural problems. Experimentally, orchiectomy serves an important role in basic scientific research on the endocrine and reproductive systems in a variety ofspecies, including turtles. Sterilisation of male chelonians may be desirable to prevent the inbreeding of related captive individuals, to reduce potentially traumatic courtship behaviour, to prevent breeding of free-ranging genetically hybridised specimens, or for management of testicular neoplasia.