title: A method for surgically caponising turkey toms.
abstract: A surgical procedure was developed for caponising turkey toms. This operation consisted of making a 3 cm-long incision on each side immediately caudal to the last rib; widening the incision with a Gelpi retractor, teasing the tough mesorchium from the testicle, removing the testicle with a Brown-Adison forceps and suturing the incision with catgut. A combination of ketamine and xylazine given intravenously produced a satisfactory level of anaesthesia. The principal surgical problem was the thin blood vessels adjacent to the testicles in the turkey which could be easily ruptured.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Friedlander
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: McCune