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secretions Uiat, are retained in the scrotum. Jn the 

 average case, exercise is sufficient to prevent extensive 

 edematous swelling. 



Because of the fact that more hemorrhage follows 

 castration of the mature stallion there is retained con- 

 siderable coagulated blood within the scrotum. This 

 should be removed 24 hours after castration by gently 

 irrigating with a one per cent solution of Liquor 

 Cresolis Compositus if the animal is sufficiently tract- 

 able to admit of such handling without restraint other 

 than the twitch and the holding up of a front foot. 

 If the subject is difficult to manage, one may ordinarily 

 trust to evacuation of the contents attending exercise. 



Other complications which may result in no wise 

 differ from those met with in colts and are considered 

 fully in the section on Castration Scq'.tciac. 



Castration of Cryptorchid Horses 



Etymologically, cryptorchid means "hidden tes- 

 ticle," and is applicable to any animal in which one 

 or both testicles are located elsewhere than within 

 the scrotum. Therefore it is applicable to cases in 

 which one or both testicles ai'e located within the ab- 

 dominal cavity or, not having completed their nature 

 descent through the inguinal canal. Usage, however, 

 has restricted the term to animals wherein one or both 

 testicles are contained within the abdominal cavity, not 

 having passed through the inner abdominal ring and 



entered the inguinal canal. 



The term monorchid is applied to animals having 

 but one testicle. In human anatomy and surgery this 

 term has been given a different signiiicance, being 

 used to designate an individual having one testicle 

 in the scrotuni and the other in the abdominal cavity. 



