ANSC 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Livestock Dehorning, Spermatic Cord, Lidocaine
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Elastrator: bloodless castration, useful for small testicles, uses small rubber bands. Emasculatome: bloodless castration, crushes spermatic cord but does not cut skin, also does not crush arteries to scrotum, less risk of flies bothering scrotum, useful for castrating other species too, only clamp one side at a time. Newberry knife: useful for opening the scrotum, pinch shut on scrotum, pull down in one swift motion, safer than using a pocket knife, use emasculator to crush and cut the cord of each testicle. Obsterical chains and handle: useful for pulling calves, helps apply force to calf to assist in birth, chains are looped around calves legs, calves are slippery so these help. Calf jack (calf puller: use when more force is needed, must be careful as too much force can be applied. Electric dehorner: hot iron method of dehorning, lidocaine block can be applied, burns all tissue so horns cannot grow back, must have electricity.
