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castration

Also known as orchiectomy, orchidectomy

thumb|270px|A 15th century Ottoman Empire|Ottoman medical illustration by [[Sabuncuoğlu Şerafeddin depicting an operation for castration]]

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Castration is a surgical procedure in which a person's testicles are removed or rendered non-functional. Historically, it has been performed for various reasons including medical treatment, religious or cultural practices, and punishment, as documented in medical texts from different time periods and societies.

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The welfare significance of the castration of cattle: a review.ReviewNew Zealand veterinary journal · 2005Stafford KJ, Mellor DJDOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36560
Surgical Castration Changes Struggle Behavior and Vocalizations in Male Piglets.Journal of applied animal welfare science : JAAWS · 2022Lou M, Ventura B, Deen J et al.DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2021.1916938
A scoping review on intraoperative and postoperative surgical castration complications in domesticated equids.Equine veterinary journal · 2024Rodden EBK, Suthers JM, Busschers E et al.DOI: 10.1111/evj.14122
Quantification of the effects of castration on carcass and meat quality of sheep by meta-analysis.Meat science · 2014Sales JDOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.05.001
Development and Validation of a Bovine Castration Model and Rubric.Journal of veterinary medical education · 2021Anderson SL, Miller L, Gibbons P et al.DOI: 10.3138/jvme.2018-0016
[Self-castration with suicide].Archiv fur Kriminologie · 1994Keil W, Betz P, Penning R
Castration Determines the Efficacy of ETAR Blockade in a Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis.Endocrinology · 2019Moon HH, Clines KL, Cooks MA et al.DOI: 10.1210/en.2019-00261
Effect of castration procedure on the pharmacokinetics of meloxicam in goat kids.Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics · 2020Tekeli IO, Turk E, Durna Corum D et al.DOI: 10.1111/jvp.12872

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History
Africa and the Middle East
Europe
Slavery
Punishment
Modern era
China
Non-Han peoples in China
Korea
Vietnam
Americas
Prevention of crime
Criticism
Castration as a weapon of war
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Christianity
Judaism
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Chemical castration
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thumb|270px|A 15th century Ottoman Empire|Ottoman medical illustration by [[Sabuncuoğlu Şerafeddin depicting an operation for castration]]

Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses use of the testicles: the male gonad. Surgical castration is bilateral orchiectomy (excision of both testicles), while chemical castration uses pharmaceutical drugs to deactivate the testes. Some forms of castration cause sterilization (permanently preventing the castrated person or animal from reproducing); it also greatly reduces the production of hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen. Surgical castration in animals is often called neutering.