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Animal Castration 



Pig. 72 — Ridgling Bull Confined for Castration. 



Sterilization of Instruments and Cleansing Hands of Operator — 

 ' The instruments should be boiled for 15 to 20 minutes. Operator's 

 hands should be thoroughly washed with soap and warm water, 

 using scrub brush, after which wash in Lysol or Cresol Compound, 

 IT. S. P., in the strength of one tablespoonful to each quart of 

 water. 



Preparation of Operative Field— -With clippers the hair in flank 

 region should be removed, after which thoroughly wash parts with 

 soap and warm water, using scrub brush, then with Lysol or Cresol 

 Compound, U. S. P., in the strength of one tablespoonful to each 

 quart of water. As a further precaution against septic infection 

 the skin should be painted with tincture iodine. 



Operative Technique — The most popular and satisfactory 

 method of operating is flank laparotomy, which is as follows: 

 With Miles' hook castrating knife make flank incision in the same 

 manner and the same size as for heifer spaying. All the details 

 of this incision are well illustrated and described under head of 

 heifer spaying, and the reader is strongly advised to refer to this 

 reference before reading further in regard to the technique of the 

 operation. 



