The road to the farm today was about an hour and a half ride and was very bumpy. Along with some girls, I felt a bit carsick so I was thankful that I packed some gum and motion sickness pills. Today seems to be a review day since we were going to castrate pigs again. Even though I observed many castrations on piglets during swine practicum, I rarely saw castrations done on boars. However today I was able to assist in the one of the castration done on the boars. The testes of these boars were large in size compared to the ones I was used to. Since I was able to castrate a horse early last week, castrating the boar was easier than I had expected. Nonetheless I am thankful for this opportunity! We later also watched Dr. Tesecum spay one of the dogs on the farm. Since the dog had very large ovaries, the operation took longer than usual.
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