What is different wether from intact?

Today, some citizens are beginning to engage in agriculture, in particular livestock breeding. And then they have to deal with unfamiliar things.

Many people only learn for the first time that cattle are castrated. And some even have tails docked. Of course, that the name holomany goat or a castrated RAM, the newly formed farmers and did not have any idea. Also, not everyone knows why it is necessary to conduct such operations.

What is a castrated sheep?

From somewhere happened that the word “dude” has something to do with a pet. Actually it is not so. And in all the dictionaries wether called shafts or valucom. Sometimes added to this number the name “valuska”.

Although sometimes is wether the name “holomany” or “posted" that is also correct. The so-called male that has lost the ability to cover females as a result of surgery or other veterinary activities. To deprive the animal of this natural ability is called the “emasculation” or “holowanie”. Sometimes the people in this case used the expression “to put sheep”.

Why you need a castration of males?

On the one hand, to an outsider it may seem that this procedure is harmful, which the herdsman there is no benefit. Well, in fact, whether to castrate sheep, if the main goal of a farmer-constantly increase the herd size?

The Answer is Yes – you! And reasons why castrate sheep, are as follows:

1. Meat newyoung males (bulls, boars, goats, sheep and other animals) acquires a specific taste after they enter into the stage of puberty.
2. Wether faster gaining mass, better fat accumulates. And for its fattening requires less strong food, which, in turn, is much cheaper.
3. Thanks to holowanie animals lose interest in fights among themselves, become more calm, not aggressive to people.
4. The Owner may not bother allocating the males separate from the females space and pastures: unwanted insemination now the sheep are not threatened.

Why breeders sometimes resist coating females?

Often in the same farm, see different animals. A sheep farmer, for instance, has purchased specimens of more progressive rock. But you still have youngsters from a previous plant. To mix so much for animals is not just pointless, but harmful.

Some females, being early maturing, ready-to-cover already at a fairly young age. But the fruition ahead of time will undermine the health of the animal, its offspring may be weak and unsustainable.

There is Also a danger of covering the sheep are weak sheep. It can also lead to the birth of defective offspring.

To avoid such situation, the farmer is forced to contain males and females separately. And pastures for grazing also he has to allocate in different places. This requires additional labor units financial investments. Therefore the simplest way would be castration of purebred sheep, or simply unnecessary. Because for the normal functioning of the herds to 15 sheep will be enough for one adult sheep.

What is castration?

Synonyms of this word call, as mentioned above, velushina, reupload, holowanie. The medical name for this procedure – castration.

What is the process? The purpose of man – to induce by artificial means infertility in male. This can be achieved in several ways.

Bloodless methods of emasculating rams

Today there are two. The first is performed using a special instrument called burdizzo. It is used for the relief of tails and castration.

With the help of burdizzo squeezing the skin and flesh along with testicles. Thanks to this activity is their bleeding and shrinkage. The positive is that it allows you to avoid infection of open wounds, tetanus animal. Of recognized negative sufficient a painful procedure and its duration.

Rubber ring also belong to the bloodless method. This treatment duration may last for a period of 10 to 20 days.

Sometimes farmers use rubber rings for castration cropped when they are contracted only by the skin of the scrotum without capturingtesticles. This process is less painful. But the desired result is achieved, as raised testicles are unable to participate in the insemination of females.

Putting some males with the use of scalpel

Very often vets are the old-fashioned way – carried out an operation RAM, under six months, only treating the skin before cutting it apart with alcohol. Few people think about to take anything for pain procedure.

Nevertheless, someone still believes that since animals are under the power of man, serve him, even as a food, he would have to minimize their suffering. So not so long ago was invented cropped castration.

This procedure from the traditional way of operating is characterized in that in the time the male is removed from a scrotum. The testicles of RAM remain intact, but puts up. Due to this the male, although produces testosterone, to impregnate the sheep can not.

And finally, all known directly castration, in which the RAM incision of the scrotum, the testicles are issued out and removed. As a result of the operation obtained an open wound that can get infected from outside dust, dirt, flies and other insects.

The Man who decided to deal with cattle, should know more about your business. And so it is important to be aware of all the innovations that offer the sheep farmers, scientists and veterinarians.