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*Closed/bloodless method
- involves use of burdizzo or rubber ring and elastrator.
- Animals do not bleed but may not be 100% effective.
*Open method
- A surgical method used for castrating cocks, piglets and rabbits whose testes are internal.
- Also used for lambs, kids and calves.
- Animals bleed a lot.
- However, it is 100% effective.
- It is not recommended for mature adults.
*Caponisation
- It is the practice of making male birds lose their male characteristics by use of hormones.
- Hormones used include stilboestrol which is injected into the birds when they are one day old and female hormones implanted beneath the skin at the neck.
- Birds which have lost their male characteristics in this way are referred to as capons.
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