How Is Caponization done in Poultry?

 

                

                        "Caponization"

                                                    Caponization is a surgical removal of testes from a rooster in order to improve the quality of carcass and meat . The testes are removed during this process with the help of surgical equipment and a trained technician. It may sound little odd to many of the people but Caponization is still in practice in countries like China, Nepal.     

 

 When this is done the bird can grow longer, gets larger and can also be used as a broody as their hormones are now that of a hen's.

                                                                

There are two types of Caponization

1.       Surgical Caponization

2.       Chemical Caponization (Payne and Wilson 1999).

Manual Removal of Testes in Roosters

                  Equipment's Required

·         Surgical Blade

·         Disinfectant

·         Gloves

·         Forceps

·         Suture thread

·         Suture needle

·         Scissors

·         Betadine ( Povidone Iodine)

How is Caponization performed in rooster?

               At first restrain the rooster to be caponized properly. With the help of the scissor trim down the feathers from the vent to caudal of chest bone. Clean the area with the disinfectant available and after that start penetrating the mid ventral region in between vent and chest bone. Be safe no to cut nerves, make a cut so that max. two fingers can be taken inside the abdomen. Softly palpate by finger to find testes. Slightly curve your finger and try to snatch the testes by applying very less effort and without harming the testes.

After you become successful, start suture with Simple interrupted suture and apply betadine in the surface after suturing. Isolate the capon for a day.