"Animal Castration" by Alexandre François Augustin Liautard is a late 19th-century scientific work examining the practice of castration in domestic animals. The publication presents a detailed argument for the necessity of castration, citing practical and economic reasons. Directed towards veterinarians and those in animal husbandry, the book explores the history of castration, describes different surgical methods, and explains the physical effects of castration on various species. The author introduces the topic with an overview of castration's historical importance and rationale. The book divides castration into two categories: procedures done for essential health reasons and those performed for economic or aesthetic reasons. The author explores changes in animal behavior and physiology caused by castration to provide context for the detailed examination of the procedures.
Animal Castration
By Alexandre François Augustin Liautard
Examine the historical, surgical, and physical implications of castrating animals in this late 19th-century treatise, advocating for its necessity.
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About the AuthorAlexandre François Augustin Liautard was a French veterinarian. After graduating from the École nationale vétérinaire de Toulouse in 1856, he emigrated to the United States in 1859 to exercise his profession of veterinary practitioner in New York until 1900, when he retired and returned to France. The name of Alexandre Liautard is associated with the beginning of private veterinary education in America. Liautard was the founder and dean of the New York American Veterinary College. He participated in organizing the American Veterinary profession and founded the United States Veterinary Medical Association, now the American Veterinary Medical Association, of which he was for many years a driving force. His name is still cited in the American veterinary press as a dominant figure in the history of the profession for having defined its professional standards and missions, and been a uniting force, and as founder of the American Veterinary Review, now the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA).
Alexandre François Augustin Liautard was a French veterinarian. After graduating from the École nationale vétérinaire de Toulouse in 1856, he emigrated to the United States in 1859 to exercise his profession of veterinary practitioner in New York until 1900, when he retired and returned to France. The name of Alexandre Liautard is associated with the beginning of private veterinary education in America. Liautard was the founder and dean of the New York American Veterinary College. He participated in organizing the American Veterinary profession and founded the United States Veterinary Medical Association, now the American Veterinary Medical Association, of which he was for many years a driving force. His name is still cited in the American veterinary press as a dominant figure in the history of the profession for having defined its professional standards and missions, and been a uniting force, and as founder of the American Veterinary Review, now the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA).
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