Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine diseasesofcattle00mous Year: 1920 CASTRATION. 759 CASTRATION OF THE RAM. Most of the preceding methods may be used in castrating rams, but certain sjecial methods are more generahy employed. These we shall shortly mention. Castration by Bistournage.—The method is exactly similar to that in the bull. The animals are placed in the position shown in the figure, except that the hind limbs are extended and held in that position b}' the operator's knees or feet. The process is onl} applic- able to animals of four or five m
Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine diseasesofcattle00mous Year: 1920 CASTRATION. 759 CASTRATION OF THE RAM. Most of the preceding methods may be used in castrating rams, but certain sjecial methods are more generahy employed. These we shall shortly mention. Castration by Bistournage.—The method is exactly similar to that in the bull. The animals are placed in the position shown in the figure, except that the hind limbs are extended and held in that position b}' the operator's knees or feet. The process is onl} applic- able to animals of four or five months old. Castration by Tearing.—This method is only practised by shep- herds, and on animals a few days or at most a month old. The base of the scrotum is snipped oft' with scissors, the testicles are Fig. 317.—Castration of young pigs. enucleated, and each in turn is seized and torn away with a sudden snatch. Even though a considerable, length of cord is removed with the testicle, bad results seldom follow, provided the subject is not of greater age than that mentioned. Castration by Ligature.—This method consists in passing a stout ligature in the form of a running knot over the neck of the scrotum and, by means of two short pieces of wood, drawing it tight. The method, however, is not to be recommended, as it not infrequently leads to tetanus. CASTRATION OF BOARS AND YOUNG PIGS. For castration boars should be cast on the left side, and three legs at least firmly secured together (Fig. 317). The best method is that of limited torsion. Care should be taken to avoid dragging the
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