How to Raise Goats:, Everything You Need to Know: Breeds, Housing, Health and Diet, Dairy and Meat, Kid Care by Carol A. Amundson
Author:Carol A. Amundson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
NEUTERING UNWANTED MALES
Neutering isnât a pleasant task. However, it eliminates the characteristics that make bucks objectionable, such as odor and breeding behaviors. Wethers make excellent companions or working goats. In meat herds, wethers reduce rut behaviors. Fiber-goat wethers have cleaner fiber. Neutering can also extend the goatâs lifespan, since wethers do not go through the stress of rut every fall, which tends to make bucks shorter-lived on average compared to other goats.
Bucks are usually born with their testicles descended. While neutering is possible even at a few days of age, some breeders choose not to castrate until the animal is eight to twelve weeks old. This allows the urethra time to develop and may help prevent urinary calculi problems laterâalthough other reports indicate that the age at neutering is a less important factor than the animalâs diet.
Ethical and market considerations should be taken into consideration when deciding on your farmâs neutering philosophy. In meat animals, some buyers require intact animals, while others prefer wethers. Some sellers do not allow any nonbreeding male to leave the farm without neutering. This keeps unsuitable genetics from entering the gene pool as well as preventing new owners from unwittingly purchasing a pet goat that later turns into a stinky, unpleasant menace.
Methods of neutering include cutting the scrotal sac and removing the testicles, crushing or âcrimpingâ the spermatic cord with an instrument known as an emasculator (Burdizzo), and banding the testicles with an elastrator band.
On our farm, we typically castrate by cutting the male kids at a young age when their testicles are still small. Banded kids seem to be in distress longer than those that are cut or crimped. Some European countries consider banding inhumane and have made it illegal. Because the scrotal sac actually rots off, this technique has the highest risk of infection.
Some breeders give pain medication prior to performing castration or other traumatic procedures. Oral pain meds are poorly absorbed by goats, but a regular aspirin given at the dose of one tablet per 10 pounds or oral Banamine at 1 milligram per pound may be given a few hours before the procedure. An injection of Banamine can be procured from a vet and given a half hour before cutting or crimping. Fias Co Farm in Tennessee sells an herbal painkiller known as Ow-eze on its website. Some other breeders use willow branches for the natural salicylates that act similarly to aspirin. Be aware that aspirin can reduce blood clotting and might lead to extra bleeding after surgical castration.
Most large herd operations castrate their own male kids, but veterinary help may be preferable for specific cases or smaller herds. The vet has sedation available. Full-size bucks may be neutered by crushing the spermatic cord with a Burdizzo.
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