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AxiMAL Castration 



Fig. 87 — Severing Spermatic Cord witli ]':inasculator. 



made for the testicle. This organ is usually short corded and 

 hangs against posterior abdominal wall, directly in front of the 

 abdominal incision. If the spermatic cord be long then the tes- 

 ticle itself may be quite a distance below the abdominal incision, 

 in which event the cord is located and drawn through abdominal 

 incision and the natural consequence is that the testicle will fol- 

 low. The spermatic cord is now severed and its stump replaced 

 in the abdominal cavity. If a cryptorchid (both testicles un- 

 descended) both testicles should be removed through the one ab- 

 dominal incision. The abdominal wall should now be closed with 

 three interrupted sutures. These sutures should be what is known 

 as the ''through and through" variety— all coats of the abdominal 

 wall included in them. 



After Care and Treatmeut — The animal should be confined for 

 eight or nine days in a small, clean pen; during this period the 



