Scrotal surgery is common in routine veterinary practice. Many techniques are available
for commonly performed surgeries, and most can be accomplished easily in private practice
and in the field. Procedures are described for surgical and nonsurgical castration,
unilateral castration, inguinal herniorrhaphy, cryptorchidectomy, caudal epididymectomy,
and vasectomy. Changes in current thinking about the timing of castration and about
pain control in cattle surgery likely will alter the way veterinarians perform scrotal
surgery in the years to come.
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