Uruguayan veterinarian Rodolfo Negrin brought to Argentina a technique for castrating heifers that promises to enhance the

Through a castration technique brought from the United States, a Uruguayan veterinarian promises to enhance the fattening work in local feedlots. This technique allows the removal of the ovaries of heifers weighing between 180 and 340 kilos, without major interventions and in just 3 minutes. The result is an animal with higher carcass yield, better fat infiltration, and with up to lower sanitary risks, something key at the commercial level. “It is a very interesting tool for the feedlot. It is like manufacturing bulls with females,” defined Rodolfo Negrin, a professional from Montevideo with over 33 years of work in the private sector, to Bichos de Campo. “I learned the technique in Nebraska, with an American who castsrates about 60,000 heifers per year. Later I worked in Australia, where it is also very widespread. Here in South America, however, it is totally new, and I am bringing it to Uruguay, Paraguay, and now to Argentina. Recently, we successfully castrated 500 heifers in ...