cow, HEIPER AND CALF SPAYING 



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of iiK'isioii. The parts are washinl with soap and warm water, and then 

 sponged with an antiseptic solution. As a furtlier precaution against septic 

 infection it is well to paint the skin with tincture of iodin. The incision' is 

 piade similar to tliat employed in lieifei' spaying (pages MS, 150), witli tlie 

 exception that in tlie calf a much smalh-r one is used since only the index 

 and second iingcr are introduced into the ahdominal cavity; whereas in 



Fig. 164 — Incision closed by intei'inipted sutures. 



heifer spaying the whole hand is iiiserted. AVitli the two fingers inside the 

 abdominal cavity a search is made for the uppermost uterine horn, fa'-lo- 

 pian tube or ovary. One or the other of these is usually found with little 

 difficulty by wiping downward and bai.'kward toward the pubic brim. "When 

 located the ovary is l)rought up into tlie incision and its attachments 

 severed with the emasculator. The opposite ovary is located and removed 

 in like manner. (Fig. Kil.) The skin incision is closed b.v two interru]ited 

 sutures. 



Operative Technic (Belly method) — AVith the calf suspended by the hind 



