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ANISIAL CASTRATION 



'Scfiso)i — Preferably .si)i'ing'. 



I'rrptiraiioii — Sain(> as for the stallion. (See paj^'e V-'<.^ 

 Jicstraint — Same as for the e(jlt. (See i)aoe 32.) 

 Instruments — Same as for the eolt. (See page .'^5.) 

 Aiiatuiinj — Same as foi' the stallion. (See jiage 17.) 

 Wariiiiu/ — Same as for tlie stalliori. (See ]iage 20.) 



i<"lg. i!9 — Castrating the mu)e. T'. Testicle; V. spermatic cord; 

 vaginalis; X, scrotum; Z, emasculator. 



W, tunica 



Sterilication of lustruments and C]r(insi)ifi Operator's Hands — Same 

 as for stallion. (See pages 20, 21.) 



Operative Teetinic — The operative teehnie in mule eastration resembles 

 in most respeets that of eolt eastration, as outlined on pages :.)2-;'i8. Tlrj 

 onlj' material differenee being the manner in which the coverings of the 

 spermatic cord are severed and the extent of their removal. 



With the mule cast, tied and balanced on his back — Dorsal position 

 (Fig. 27) — he is ready for operation. The scrotal region and hands of 

 the operator are washed with Lysol or liquor Cresolis (U. S. P.), one 



