46 ANBIAL CASTRATION 



Vouiig' colls that luiA'c been viimiiiig on pasture are 

 best turned out iiunicdiately and given freedom to 

 exercise at will. It by accident a large rent is pro- 

 duced in the abdominal wall making protrusion of 

 portions of intestine possible, the inguinal canal should 

 he packed. For this purpose, a liberal packing of cot- 

 ton wrapped in sterile gauze or muslin should be 

 pushed into the canal as far as the inner ring and 

 confined by means of sutures which join the marginal 

 scrotal wounds. To prevent possible eventration, ani- 

 mals so treated should lie confined on pillar reins for 

 about thirty-six hours before the gauze is removed 

 and given exercise in the harness or at the lead and 

 not given liberty to lie down for at least five or six 

 days. 



Inguinal Cryptorcliids (High Flankers) 



Rub.jeets affected with inguinal cryptorchidy are not 

 as troublesome and nndesiraljlc as a,re abdominal cryptor- 

 chids, but they are more so than normal stallions. 

 Cryptorchids are undesiral)le for breeders even when 

 fertile, therefore castration is always in order. 



Restraint. — Animals are east and tied exactly as are 

 the abdominal cryptorchids; see description on pages 

 39 and 40. 



Technic. — Because of the fact that in inguinal 

 cryptorchids the cremaster muscle has the power of re- 

 tracting the testicle and drawing it high iip in the canal, 

 this type of eryi)torchids is in some instances as difficult 

 to castrate as the true abdominal ridgeling. The tech- 

 nic for handling these cases is executed in the same 

 manner as is done in the castration of the abdominal 

 cryptorchid up to the point of perforating the abdom- 

 inal wall. The testicle is readily located within its 

 vaginal covering in the canal, and the tunics are pref- 



