Removal or trimming of an animal body part for appearance, handling or safety, including declawing, dehorning, tail docking, beak trimming, devocalization, wing clipping and pinioning. An entry belongs here when its own source describes such an alteration. It excludes sterilization and operations to treat injury or disease. Each member is a veterinary and animal care entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
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Onychectomy (Wikipedia)
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Onychectomy, popularly known as declawing, is an operation to remove an animal's claws surgically by means of the amputation of all or part of the distal phalanges, or end bones, of the animal's toes.
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Onychectomy, popularly known as declawing, is an operation to remove an animal's claws surgically by means of the amputation of all or part of the distal phalanges, or end bones, of the animal's toes.
View the SourceLivestock dehorning (Wikipedia)
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Dehorning is the process of removing the horns of livestock.
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Dehorning is the process of removing the horns of livestock.
View the SourceDocking (animal) (Wikipedia)
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Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears.
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Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears.
View the SourceBeak trimming (Wikipedia)
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Beak trimming (also spelled as beak-trimming; informally as debeaking), or beak conditioning, is the partial removal of the beak of poultry, especially layer hens and turkeys, although it is also performed on some quail and ducks.
Devocalization (Wikipedia)
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Devocalization (also known as ventriculocordectomy or vocal cordectomy; when performed on a dog debarking or bark softening; when performed on a cat demeowing or meow softening) is a surgical procedure where tissue is removed from the vocal cords.
Wing clipping (Wikipedia)
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Wing clipping is the process of trimming a bird's primary wing feathers or remiges so that it is not fully flight-capable, until it moults, sheds the cut feathers, and grows new ones.
Pinioning (Wikipedia)
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Pinioning is the act of surgically removing one pinion joint, the joint of a bird's wing furthest from the body, to prevent flight.
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