GOAT FEEDING
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Castration
> Castration involves cutting blood supply to the testis either by crushing the blood vessels, cutting, vaccinating and/or elevating temperature of the testes (Frandson and Spurgeon 1992).
> Several methods are used to castrate male goats, for example; burdizzo, elastrator or rubber ring, surgical and short scrotum.
> Male goats are raised mainly for meat and not for breeding. For this reason males are castrated with an emasculator, or torsion forceps.
> The best time for castrating bucks is when they are six months old with the Burdizzo instrument. This avoids all risks of infection. Castration improves the flesh of the adult buck. A castrated male is' called a wether.
