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Este Cmap, tiene información relacionada con: castration, elastic band method side note Use elastic rings purchased within the last 12 months to avoid breakage and assure a tight fit, client info burdizzo Check calves four to six weeks later to be sure the testicles have shriveled. remember- The testicles swell initially and then degenerate and shrink in size., burdizzo instructions and pics links to castration methods, Pig CLOSED Inflammation/swelling, CASTRATION! signalment 4mnth old bull calf 120 kg, Pull both testicles into the scrotum. A muscle attached to each testicle will be pulling against you 2. Place the rubber band on the elastrator. Hold the elastrator with the prongs facing up. Close the handles to open the band, Pig OPEN Heamorrhage, calf CLOSED ELASTRATOR BAND, premedications consists of penicllin streptomycin, Place the rubber band on the elastrator. Hold the elastrator with the prongs facing up. Close the handles to open the band 3. With the calf standing and both testicles in the scrotum, stretch the ring open and slip the open band up over the scrotum. Release the band just above the top of the testicles (~0.5 cm), not at the base of the scrotum., CASTRATION! post operative complications PIG, Release the Burdizzo, move it to a new site 1 cm below your first site, and repeat steps to clamp. Choose a site below the first crush to minimize acute pain from a second crush ???? Repeat the procedure on the opposite side, EMASCULATOR Heamorrhage calves should be watched for heamorrhage for 24 hours, CASTRATION! indications for castration Calves: 1-3 months Bull calves are the only cattle that are castrated (obviously, only ones with testicles) After castration, the calf is now referred to as a steer calf as apposed to a bull calf., elastic band method instructions and pics links to castration methods, CASTRATION! post operative complications CALF, area with antiseptic tools must be clean use local blocks, EMASCULATOR Concurrent immunisation for blackleg and malignant edema is reccomended, Check to be sure both testicles are still in the tip of the scrotum and that the ring is placed properly . If not, cut the ring with scissors and start again 5. Remove the elastrator from under the band, ELASTRATOR BAND Sometimes the scrotum may not fall off completely. It may require cutting the remainder off at day 4