Spermatic cords within the scrotum were easily palpable and could be pushed and held laterally with ease in all of the animals. Threaded traumatic needle easily passed
through the scrotal neck and the cutaneous holes on the opposing surfaces could be aligned (after release of the earlier held spermatic cord) without difficulty while reversing the suture to complete the loop around the cord. The spermatic
cord ligation was completed by a square knot with three throws. Completed knots were left with approximately 3.0 mm long tags. The tags got buried under the scrotal skin simply by pushing the cord medially however, at occasions it needed slight external push using the tip of needle holder/artery forceps. The actual procedure of pinhole castration took 1.0–1.5 min on either side in all the animals of group I. The prick holes although visible on the day of ligation were not easily detected subsequently.