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Animal Castration 



Sterilization of Instruments, Cleansing Operator's Hands and 

 Operative Field — Same as for castration of the "ridgling" boar. 

 (See page 109.) 



Operative Technique — "With the pig in position, the instru- 

 ments sterilized, hands of operator and operative field cleansed 

 and disinfected, we proceed as follows: Locate the internal ab- 

 dominal ring. This can usually be done by pressure applied ex- 

 ternally in the inguinal region. With location of the rinse as 



Fig. 90 — View of the Scrotum After Animal Is Hung Up for Operation. 



