It is customary to castrate young animals intended for meat, as well as boars that are no longer used in breeding, before being fed.
Instructions
Step 1
Piglets are castrated at 2-4 months of age. Later castration threatens complications in the form of an inguinal hernia, as well as a delay in weight gain. The earlier one adversely affects the overall stability of the organism. Adult wild boars are castrated no later than two months before slaughter, before fattening. Wash the back of the animal's body with warm water and laundry soap immediately before castration. Wipe dry. Prepare a flock with a thick layer of bedding (sawdust and peat are not suitable, only straw) and fixation devices (felling, trough, machine).
Step 2
Secure the animal securely. Small hogs are fixed in a trough. Back down. The hind legs are brought to the head so as to open the operating field. In domestic veterinary medicine, it is not customary to give general anesthesia during castration of piglets. This is believed to have a negative effect on blood clotting and subsequent healing. Inject intramuscularly a tranquilizer (for example, chlorpromazine) and treat the operating field with an alcohol solution of iodine or 70% alcohol solution.
Step 3
Local anesthesia is performed with 5% novocaine solution. It is injected into the thickness of each testis (2-5 ml) and also into the upper part of the scrotum, where the vessels and spermatic cords pass. Wait about a minute after the local anesthetic has been administered. Make a longitudinal incision at the bottom of the scrotum on the right testis without cutting the common membrane. The testes must be squeezed out through the hole and grabbed with your left hand, push the scrotum to the perineum with your right. Pulling the spermatic cord towards you along with the common sheath, twist them and apply a suture or regular ligature. Cut the testes below the dressing site. Place the remaining stump together with the ligature into the scrotum.
Step 4
Repeat the procedure with the second testis. The skin of the scrotum in small piglets is not sutured. Wounds should be treated with terramycin or a similar spray or sprinkled with an antibiotic. In adult wild boars, suture the skin of the scrotum, leaving a small wound below for the drainage of exudate.
