Citation

Forbes TR. Yale J. Biol. Med. 1954; 27(1): 20-25.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1954, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

13196398

PMCID

PMC2599599

Abstract

The biological term ridgeling is of uncertain derivation. The word has been applied to various domestic animals; most commonly it refers to a male which has been "half-castrated," i.e.,has had only one testis removed, the other gonad being cryptorchid and relatively inaccessible to the operator. For reasons to be explained, such animals are useless and are often unmanageable and vicious....

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