Abstract: A veterinarian's tool for castrating animals with which all of the castrating operations can be performed with a single tool held in one hand of the operator, the tool operating to sever the spermatic cord by searing or cauterization and comprising a pair of arms pivotally connected together to operate in scissor-like manner, one arm having a cutting blade at its upper end for making an opening in an animal's scrotum, the other arm having a "V" or fork at its upper end for stripping back the covering of the spermatic cord after it has been pulled out of the animal's body, and a heating element on one of the arms, the arms cooperating upon closing to hold the animal's spermatic cord against the heating element until the cord is severed by searing or cauterization.

Abstract: A dehorning tool has a tabular body with a lever arm pivotally mounted on the upper half and connected to an end of a actuating arm inside the body. The other end of the actuating arm is connected to the ends of two cutting blades. There are camming means inside of the blades to cam them open when the blades are extended and there are camming means on the outside of the blades which cam the blades together when the actuating lever is moved to retract the blades.