Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
First Method
(partly successful)
Second Method
(successful)
Normal Male
tunica vaginalis
body wall
body wall
rubber
ring
scrotum
severed
attachment
testicle
tunica vaginalis
retained in scrotum
attachment of
testicle to
tunica
vaginalis
testicle and
tunica
vaginalis
pushed up
into body cavity
testicle separated from
tunica vaginalis
and
pushed back into body
cavity
Methods used to induce cryptorchidism
(
The Shepherd
magazine, December 1973)
SHOULD YOU CASTRATE?
There are reasons for not castrating; for example, if you plan to
market the animal for meat at 5 or 6 months of age or are thinking
of keeping or selling it as a breeding ram. Castrated lambs grow
faster than ewe lambs, but uncastrated rams grow faster than both
of them, and their meat is leaner. So if you have early lambs and
plan on selling the rams for meat at 5 months of age (before breed-
ing season), you can forgo castration. However, if you plan to sell
to a packinghouse, you will be penalized for not castrating. If you
intend to keep the ram for longer than 6 months before slaughter,
castration is desirable.
