Animal Castration 



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Fig. 158. 



With fibers divided by tearing, the skin alone is sutured and the 

 whole wound heals rapidly. 



After Care and Treatment — Place animals on pasture or in 

 sanitary quarters. The wounds should be observed from day to 

 day for stitch abscesses, etc. Should abscesses develop the suture 

 should be removed and the pus allowed to escape. The sutures 

 should be removed, when possible, about the eighth day. Often- 

 times the sutures are not removed, in which event they finally 

 slough out. 



CALF SPAYING. 



Objects and Indications — Calves are spayed for the same pur- 

 poses that heifers are spayed, viz.: the operation hastens their 

 growth and development, besides improves the texture and nutri- 

 tive properties of the meat. Spayed calves may be raised to full 

 maturity without the bother of either ''heat" or pregnancy. An- 



