Identifier: poultryproductio00lipp (find matches)
Title: Poultry production
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Lippincott, William Adams, 1882-1931
Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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After the operation. (Courtesy of Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.) 104 POULTRY PRODUCTION be told it is scarcely larger than a grain of wheat. The testiclemay be seen in position in Figure 40. It is almost betweenthe jaws of the spreader and is glistening in the sunlight. Just above it the kidneys are located, but cannot beseen in the picture. Passing over the kidneys is a largebloodvessel, which constitutes practically the only sourceof danger during the operation. If this vessel is rupturedthe bird will bleed to death almost before it can be taken from the table. Fig. 43
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A flock of young capons. (Courtesy of Kansas AStation.) ;ricultural Experiment In Figure 41 the spoon forceps are grasping the testicle,which is still in place. The care with which the operatorgrasps the organ without also grasping the bloodvessel, orthe tissues surrounding it, constitutes the whole trick of theoperation. Having grasped the testicle, twist the forcepsaround a couple of times and pull them out quickly. Removethe spreaders and allow the skin to cover the opening between THE BREEDING OF CHICKENS 105 the ribs, as iii Figure 42. In ten days there will be nothingleft but a shiny scar. It is customary to remove both testicles from one side.In that case it is better to remove the lower one first. Some-times there is a little bleeding which would hide the lowerone if the upper one was removed first. Beginners, however,will do well to make two incisions, one on each side, operat-ing at first on a dead bird. After doing this successfullyseveral times, one may tear away the membr

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