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Vet 222 Final Practical
Large Animal Final Practical Review
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
04/28/2010

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Burdizzo Emasculatome

 

Bloodless castration device for bull calves that crushes spermatic cord through the scrotum; clamped and held for 1.5-2 min.

Lacks long term effectiveness

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Elastrator and Rubber Rings

 

Bloodless castration device for newborn calves, lambs, and kids

Size is a limiting factor

Also used for tail docking

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White Emasculator


Crushing side toward patient

Surgical instrument for castrating colts/stallions

Cuts and clamps spermatic cord

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Newberry Knife

 

Incises the scrotum of a bull calf to perform a surgical castration

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Barnes Dehorner

 

aka Scoop Dehorner, various sizes, hemorrhage likely depending on size of animal

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Electric Dehorner

 

Burns the horn bud or base killing the tissue

Used on newborns or young juveniles in the cattle, goat, and sheep industry

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Guillotine Dehorner

 

For big horns, very invasive

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Scissor Dehorner

 

For bigger horns, very invasive

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Tube Dehorner

 

Small device for surgical removal of small horns

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Dehorning Paste

 

Caustic paste on horn buds, not always effective

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Electric Tail Docker

 

Cuts and cauterizes at the same time

Used primarily on sheep

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Hoof Pick

 

Used to remove gross dirt/debris/manure, etc from the bottom of the hoof

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Balling Gun

 

For administering a bolus to cattle

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Hoof Knife

 

L or R handed, used to pare away sole or frog material

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Bayer Wedge

 

Placed between the cheek teeth on one side of the horse's mouth to hold open for exam, dental, etc.

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Bovine Halter
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Bovine Hoof Trimmer
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Breakaway Horse Halter
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Brucellosis Tattoo Pliers

 

Orange metal tags and special bangs tattoo placed in R ear of Brucellosis Vaccinated animals.

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Buhner Needle

 

Used to place a "pseudo purse string" around the vulva of a cow to keep a prolapsed vagina or uterus in

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California Mastitis Test

 

Used for a quick cowside mastitis test to detect subclinical mastitis

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Calf Head Snare

 

Used to snare the head of a calf safely

Loop goes behind poll, "v" in mouth

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Calf Jack/Fetal Extractor

 

Attaches to cow to pull calf in cases of dystocia

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Calf Weaners

 

Prevents calf from successfully nursing

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Cattle Trochar

 

Last ditch effor to decompress a bloated bovine

Stick it in rumen HIGH on L side

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Chain Loop Twitch

 

Goes on horses nose and is twisted to restrain horse during procedures

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Chain Shank Lead

 

Shank can go over nose, around the nose band, under the lip, or in the mouth for additional restraint on horses

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Clinch Cutter

 

Used to cut the bent over part of the tip of the nail (the clinch)

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Cotton Lead Rope
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Cow Urinary Catheter
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Dosing Syringe

 

To administer liquid meds to food animals

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Ear Notcher

 

Notches ears (esp. pigs) for ID

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Ear Tagger & Tags

 

Different types for floppy plastic and metal ID tags

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Equine Dental Floats

 

Manual ones are rather outdated, most use power floats

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Equine Vaginal Speculum
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Esophogeal Feeder

 

Foolproof way of getting something (colostum, milk, etc) down the throat of a newborn calf or foal; the blue bulb makes it go down the esophagus

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Equine ET Tube

 

Same as small animal, just larger

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Ewe Bearing Retainer

 

Holds in the replaced prolapsed vagina

Tie to fleece or suture to skin

Must remove before parturition!

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Fetotome

 

Used to remove a dead, rotten, swollen calf from a cow in pieces per vagina

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Horse Fly Mask
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Food Animal Halter w/ Lead
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Large Animal Rubber IV Set

 

Reusable for administration of fluids typically in the treatment of milk fever or grass tetany

Raise higher to speed up, lower to slow down rate of infusion

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Frick Speculum

 

Provides guarded access for stomach tube or bolus to be passed through the oral cavity of cattle

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Harp Speculum

 

Allows for guarded passage of stomach tube or cursory exam of the oral cavity in swine or small ruminants

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Hobbles

 

Placed on rear feet as kick deterrent, can be used on all fours in recumbant cattle and horses for to control of limbs

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Hog Tongs

 

Pinch the back of the neck halfway between the ears and the shoulder

Used for short-term restraint on full-sized pigs

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Hoof Nippers

 

Used to trim hoof wall material

Precise instrument

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Hoof Rasp

 

File to shave and shape hoof wall

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Hoof Tester

 

Device used to squeeze the foot in various manners to pinpoint the location of a lameness in a horse's foot

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Horse Halter
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Hot Shot

 

Used only when absolutely necessary to get animal up or moving

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Humane Twitch

 

 

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Iowa Hog Snare

 

Loop into mouth and tighten around the maxilla at the commissure of the lips

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J-Lube

 

Dash of powder in warm water = instant lube :)

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Kow Kant Kick

 

Device place around the caudal abdomen just in front of the tuber coxae

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Lamb Puller

 

To snare head safely; loop behind poll, "v" in mouth

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Mare Urinary Catheter
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McPherson Speculum

 

For equine dentals

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Nail Puller

 

Pulls individual nails from shoe on a horse

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Nose Tongs
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OB Chains

 

For extremities and potentially the head of the fetus for forced fetal extraction in cows or mares

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OB Handles

 

Easier to pull chains

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Rectal or OB Sleeves
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OB Wire Handles
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OB Wire

 

Used w/ the fetotome, also cosmetic dehorning, cutting bone, splitting teeth, etc

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Oval Hoof Knife
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Reticulum Magnets

 

For prevention or treatment of hardware disease in dairy cattle

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Roping Lariat w/ Fixed Honda
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Schoupe Speculum

 

Placed between cheek teeth on one side of the horse's mouth to hold the mouth open for oral exam, floating, etc

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Scrotal Circumference Tape

 

Something every girl should carry with her on a first date!

Part of a breeding soundness exam

Measures in cm.

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Shoe Puller

 

Used to pull shoes w/ nails in place AFTER the clinches have been removed

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Show Stick

 

Has a spur on to touch the show steer/heifer's foot to move it into a better position

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Small Ruminant Halter
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Small Ruminant Hoof Trimmer
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Soft Lariat w/ Quick Release Honda
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Sorting Paddle

 

Bigger extenstion of the hand, provides audible stimulus as well (rattles)

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Sorting Stick

 

Used as an extension of the hand

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Stomach or Drench Pump

 

Administers large amounts of liquid medication through a stomach tube

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Stomach Tube

 

Needs to be soft and pliable with no sharp edges

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Sweat Scraper

 

Squigee horses dry after a bath

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Swine Sorting Panel

 

Pin it to the ground to move/crowd pigs

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Tattoo Ink

 

For Brucellosis tattoos

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Universal Tattoo Pliers
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Tooth Nippers

 

Used to clip the needle teeth on newborn pigs

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Umbilical Tape

 

Used for "pseudo purse string" in Buhner stitch

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Wax Paint Sticks

 

For temporary ID of animals

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Weight Tapes
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Fescue
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Timothy
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Orchard Grass
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Alfalfa
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Whole Oats
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Barley
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