INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 1

A Clinical Review of Open Method of Castration in Five Equines

  • Author:
  • S. Purohit1,, Anil Singh2, Pradeep Kumar2, Mamta Mishra2, R.P. Pandey3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 245 to 247

1Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya, Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura - 281001 (Uttar Pradesh)

2Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya, Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura - 281001 (Uttar Pradesh)

3Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya, Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura - 281001 (Uttar Pradesh)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: spurohit2000@gmail.com

Online published on 17 January, 2022.

Abstract

Five horses aged 2–4 years were castrated by open method. Spermatic cords were ligated and testes were removed using an emasculator. Scrotal wound was left open to facilitate drainage from the wound site and medicinal management was undertaken. Uneventful recovery was observed in these horses.

Keywords

Castration, Equine, Open method