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ANIMAL CASTRATION 



three and oiic-lialf to four iiu'lies. The right incision (l."!-14) is made 

 lilcewise. Tlicse incisions slionld be parallel to each other, three-f'onrtlis 

 inch on each side of the raphe or median line and parallel to it. 



Fig. 2e — Castrating the colt. 10, Scrotum; 11, beginning of left scrotal in- 

 cision; 12, end of left scrotal incision; la, beginning of right scrotal incision; 



14, end of right scrotal incision; }'>. knife. 



The object of drawing the scrotum ninvard is to form a cavity between 

 the skin and siibcntaneons connective tissue of the scrotum above and 

 the scrotal plexus of the veins below. This cavity or space protects the 

 scrotal plexus of the veins from being- nicked by the point of the knife 



