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Animal Castration 



Pig. 94 — Operation Completed by Three Interrupted Sutures. 



Usually by this time the intestines have already — by gravity — 

 returned to the abdominal cavity. The next step is to incise the 

 tunica vaginalis near the ring, which exposes the cord. By trac- 

 tion on the cord the testicle can usually be withdrawn from the 

 scrotum, through the inguinal canal and out of the incision. The 

 testicle is now removed by severing its spermatic cord with emas- 

 culator, after which drop stump of severed cord back into the 



