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Animal Castration 



Fig 



2S — Castrating the Mule, M, Left Hand; N, Scrotum; O P, Scrotal Incision; 

 Q, Knife; R, Right Hand; S, Raphe or "Median Line." 



is taut. With knife (Q) in right hand (R) make the two scrotal 

 incisions (0, P) beginning well forward (0) and extending back- 

 ward (P) from 3V4 to 4 inches. These incisions should be three- 

 fonrths inch from and parallel to the raphe or "median line" (S). 

 Release hold on sheath and grasp each testicle in turn and with 

 a kniek of the knife open the tunic vaginalis and allow the testicles 

 to escape. 



After the testicles are released from the tunica vaginalis one 

 of them is grasped with the left hand (T) (Fig. 29) and drawn up- 

 ward at direct right angles to the body of the animal by making 

 from one to two pounds traction on the cord. With the right hand 

 (Y) apply emasculator (Z) to the cord and force instrument down- 

 ward against the scrotum (X) in such manner as to sever the 

 spermatic cord and all of its coverings as close to the skin incision 

 as possible. See to it that you cut off not less than one inch of 

 the tunica vaginalis in order to avoid that all too frequent sequelae 



