Castrating and Docking Lambs. 



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should be drawn out with a steady pull. The wound should then be 

 washed with a good antiseptic, such as a weak carbolic solution, 

 or a creolin or lysol preparation, as- shown in figure 5. 



When lambs are older than 3 weeks before the operation is per- 

 formed the cords should not be pulled out but scraped off with a 

 knife back of the testicle. The scraping is done to prevent excessive 

 bleeding. 



Lambs should be kept quiet after they have been castrated. It is 

 best to perform the operation in the morning, so that they can be 

 watched during the day and attention given any that become too 

 weak from loss of blood. 



Fig. 7. — Equipment for docking with heated irons. 



DOCKING. 



BENEFITS OF DOCKING. 



Lambs can be docked at the same time that they are castrated. 

 When care is used both operations can be performed at the same 

 time and labor saved, as the lambs will have to be caught only once. 

 It should be a uniform practice to dock when the lambs are from 7 

 to 14 days old. 



