Mini Pig Spay and Neuter Flashcards
Why should you spay and neuter your pet pigs?
Prevent Pregnancy
Prevent Cancer and endometrial hyperplasia
Behavior/temperament
Smell of boar
What is endometrial hyperplasia and what can it lead to?
Inflammation of the endometrium
-Cancer
-Pyometra
What are some pre-surgical conidiations you should tell you owners?
No food for 8-12 hours
No water night before
Oral Cerinia night before
Catch them or drug them
What is a good anesthesia protocol for pigs?
Dexmeditomidine, midazolam and butrophanol
-Intratesticular lidocaine also good
What does a routine castration look like in terms of approach and supplies?
COUNT to 2
NSAID and Pain Control
Antibiotics
Scrotal if <1 week
Prescrotal >1 week
Sterile or clean gloves
quicks prep
What is the procedure for castration?
- Start with down testicle
- push into prescrotal region
- incise over 1st testicle
- incise skin/facia then parital tunic
- grab testivle with gauze
- Check inguinal ring size
- Break down proper ligament
- break down cremaster and expose cord
- clamp and ligate spermatic cord
- check bleeding and release
- close ring if needed
Repeat
What dictates the number of incisions and wethere you close your castration or not?
Indoor or Outdoor Status
-Indoor - 1 incision closed
-Outdoor - 2 open
What can you ligate the testice with?
<100lbs suture 1-0 to 0
PDS
Reimer Emasculator
Henderson Tool
How can you deal with an inguinal hernia during castration?
Twist testicle to force content back in abdomen
Ligate testicle
close
Antibiotics - excede
What complications can occur if you don’t fix an inguinal hernia?
Rupture of GI tract out
If you find a cryptorchid pig what should you never do?
Remove the descended testicle 1st
Where is a cryptorchids testicle normally located and how do you find it?
Between bladder and inguinal ring
Ultrasound
If you have an owner that cant tell if their animal has been castrated, how can you find out for her?
Smell
Blood test - testosterone
ultrasound
palpate scar
When should a routine spay be performed?
4-12 months ideal
How do you anesthetize a pig?
Ketamine, midazolam, xylazine, dexmed, combo
mask iso or sevo
IV propol
What should you remember when intubating a pig?
Prone to laryngospasms
long blad laryngoscoip (8-14)
ET tube 6-9.5
What are some key differences between a dog and pig spay?
No suspensory ligament
highly vascular - ligation
long and coiled - hard manipulate
need good pain control
How do you prep for spay?
Dorsal recumbency
clip and prep
block - line or lumbosacral
What is the normal approach for the swine spay?
ventral midline
-behind last teat to 10cm in front
- through skin, sq, and linea alba
What does the procedure look like after cutting through the skin?
locate ovaries
exteriorize ovaries
clamp and ligate ovarian pedicle
clap, suture and check bleeding
How do you close the spay?
Peritoneum and rectus shealth - simple continous or interrupted
Sq and fat 2-1 simple continous
close skin intradermal - simple interupted
What are some complications of spay?
Hemorrhage, herniation, infection, dehiscence, pain and stress
