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It is without question the best management practice of the industry to castrate those bull calves that aren’t intended for reproduction,” Machen says. PHOTO 1: Advocates for banding say the process creates less stress and pain for a calf than cut-castration.

Hormonal castration – also called immuno-castration – involves the injection of immuno-contraceptive compounds. Once the band is in place you are done. Some folks give the calf an injection of Tetanus Antitoxin when they band their calves. You can steer a calf as early as when it’s just been born. But most producers wait until they’re at least a month old to steer. It’s recommended that you castrate them before they reach three months old. 5. Do steers grow faster than bulls? With elastic band and Burdizzo methods, there is a small chance that they wouldn’t work. If you want to be 100% sure, surgical castration is the way to go as it removes the testicles completely. John Androlewicz, a 29-year-old who owns 50 cow-calf pairs in northeast Idaho, started out at age 20 doing what everyone else was doing – cutting their calves. He has since switched to banding.

Chemical castration involves the injection of a chemical solution into the testicles to cause them to lose function. A common agent is 88% lactic acid. Banding is the primary focus of this article and is best used for young calves, though with the right equipment can be used on larger or older calves. A properly-applied band will cut off the blood flow to the testicles and will allow the scrotum and testicles to atrophy and fall off without leaving any open wound or causing any bleeding. Using a Knife Which is in itself hilarious to me… but has new meaning now that Deadpool has a band around his scrotum. Providing fixed, smaller bands than the Callicrate models, this bander fits best for farmers with more banding experience. Since you don’t have to adjust the tension, putting the band on is easy as pie. Jim and Nancy Richey, an older couple who operate a cattle ranch in South Dakota, wait for the calves to get a little older before they castrate them.

Elastic band castration works by cutting off the blood supply to the testicles, eventually causing the testicles to “die”. This tool can open up to the size of a tennis ball (4 x 3 x 3 inches) and requires no tightening. Thus, you can easily apply it to your calves and cattle. Bull banders can cause a lot of acute pain for the animal. Fortunately, this can be rectified by applying anesthesia. I hope this post was helpful! Now we both know how to band a bull calf. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions for me in the comments! If you only plan to castrate calves under 250 lbs, the no-frills 2005 PRM Castrate Bander is an effective yet inexpensive way to get the job done.If you know that you will only ever be castrating calves and are very confident in your abilities as to not cause any complications, you could probably get away with using an inexpensive plier-type castration tool. If not, it’s better to go with one of the more premium, easier-to-use options. While the method sounds painful, the pain level is actually lower than surgical and elastic band castration when it’s done in concert with local anesthesia. Usually, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug is applied to alleviate pain further, too.

Minimizing the animal’s pain is important for their welfare and performance. During the castration procedure, local anesthesia (such as lidocaine) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (ketoprofen) can be administered to aid with alleviating pain. Figure 1: “Pump-handle tail” in a case of tetanus. From http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/clostridial-disease-in-cattle.aspx No matter what castration method you employ, there’s always going to be pain involved from the animal. Castration is separated into two distinct categories: acute and chronic pain. Although the upfront cost is high, I think its top-rated build and design worth your investment for a flawless castration method. ProsAcute pain is short-lived and occurs during the castration process itself. Meanwhile, chronic pain is more persistent and can last for several days after the castration procedure. Any time you’re creating a wound, you have potential for tetanus, and it appears as a much greater risk with banding than knife-cut,” Larson says. “You’re still going to get some dead tissue where the organisms can invade.” Once you have the calf caught, you can begin the procedure. Whittier explains the “rule of two”: “You have to count to two, three times during the procedure. The first time you count to two is before the procedure. If you can’t count two testicles, don’t put the band on.

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