Animal Castration 



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Sterilization of Instrumefits, Cleansing Operator's Hands and 

 Field of Operation — Same as castration of the stallion. (See 

 page 24.) 



Operative Technique — With field of operation, operator's hands, 

 and instruments sterile and animal in dorsal position, proceed 

 to operate as follows: With scalpel in right hand make two 

 curved elliptical incisions (D, Fig. 57) 5 inches long with the orig- 

 inal cicatrix (scar) B as the center. These incisions should pen- 

 etrate skin and subcutaneous connective tissue only. By careful 

 dissection (both sharp and blunt) the cord is gradually loosened 

 and isolated by breaking down the numerous dense adhesions 

 surrounding it. The elliptical section of skin which is removed 

 on end of cord should be sufficiently large to include all external 



Fig. 58 — Removing Schirrous Cord with Ecraseur. E, Schirrous Cord with Ecraseur 

 Chain Around It; F, Vulsellum Forceps; G, Ecraseur; H, Right Hand of Operator, 



