VSR 421: Regional Veterinary Surgery (2+1)

OPERATION TECHNIQUE IN SHEEP AND GOAT

• The animal is restrained; the penis is pulled out gently from the prepuce and digital pressure applied on the urethral process to remove the calculus.
• In wethers, alternatively, urethral process can be nicked off with a scissors and minor bleeding checked with digital pressure.
• The technique of post scrotal urethrotomy to remove a calculus from the sigmoid flexure is same as described in bovines.