PRELIMINARY iMBASURES 



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It is quiie impossible to o])('iate upon the .staudiiiK' 

 animal and execute as ]H'ai-]y perl'ect a technic with 

 respect to cleanliness as may he done upon the recum- 

 bent animal. The average operator would probably 

 not meet with success in the handling of other animals 

 than colts that are sufficiently tractable to be readily 

 haltered. 



All conditions and emergencies taken into considera- 



Fig. 5— CASTRATION OF THE COLT IN A STANDING POSITION 

 The cperator is close to the subject yet not contacting the animal 



tiou, it is evident that the performance of castration 

 upon the standing subject would be only successfully 

 executed by those already skilled as castrators, apt and 

 adaptable as horsemen, and sufficiently agile to pro- 

 tect themselves when necessary. The operation is ad- 

 vised only in animals that arc normal with respect to 

 the position and development of the testicles; where 



