page_title: Elastration
section_title: Docking
hierarchical_section_title: Elastration / Docking
caption_attribution_description: English: A cropped version of the original, File:Two lambs rubber ring tail docking.jpg. Two lambs in a field in Romney Marsh, Kent in the process of having their tails docked by the rubber ring method. The rubber ring is tight enough to cut off blood flow to the lower portion of the lamb's tail, which will eventually atrophy and fall off. Tails are commonly docked in agriculture in order to aid in disease prevention and to reduce animal maintenance.
context_page_description: Elastration is a bloodless method of male castration and docking commonly used for livestock. Elastration is simply banding the body part until it drops off. This method is favored for its simplicity, low cost, and minimal training requirements.
context_section_description: The same tool and rings are also used to dock the tails of many breeds of sheep, to prevent dung building up on the tails (which can lead to fly strike).  This is usually done at the same time as castration of the ram lambs.
  It is also called sheep marking in Australia.
caption: Lambs with rubber rings on their tails
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