Instruments - Food Animal

• permanent identifying marks in the ears of pigs, goats, and sheep

• permanent identifying marks in the ears of pigs, goats, and sheep

ear notcher

• apply ear tags for cattle, sheep, and goats

identification-tag applicator

• permanently by placing numbers or letters inside the ear, lip, or thigh

tattoo outfit: manual

• places numbers, letters, or designs on the animal’s shoulder or hip

hot-iron branding irons

• permanently places numbers, letters, or designs on the shoulder or hip

electric branding irons

• permanently places numbers, letters or designs on the shoulder or hip

freeze branding irons

• temporary mark

marking paint

• control’s the head and leads

rope halter

• moves livestock

cattle prods

secures cow or bull

squeeze chute

• control head

nose lead

• control head of bull by applying pressure to nasal septum

bull ring

• captures animal by neck or feet

lariat with quick-release honda

• assist cow to stand, especially after post parturient paresis, milk fever, generalized weakness, obturator paralysis caused by fractures

hip lift

• gets cow back on its feet after surgery, injury, or illness

cow sling

• release from the rumen gasses that cause bloating

trocar and cannula

• collect and hold metal that’s been ingested; can cause “hardware disease” if allowed to pass through rumen

magents

• keep weaned calves from nursing

calf weaners

• remove horn buds or small horns

horn gouge

• remove small horns from calves, sheep, and goats

barnes dehorner

• remove medium-sized to large horns

keystone dehorner: guillotine

• remove large horns

wire saw with handles: gigli wire

• remove horns by killing cells that produce horns or to cauterize after removal

electric dehorner

• perform a bloodless castration in large animal

burdizzo emasculatome

• perform a bloodless castration or tail dock on large animal

elastrator

• perform castration on a large animal

white emasculator

• cut the scrotal sac for testicle exposure

newberry castrating knife

• castrate, dock, and notch lambs, kids, and piglets

all-in-one lamb castrator, docker, and ear marker

• assist with the delivery of a calf

obstetrical chains and handles

• assist with the delivery of a calf

fetal extractor

• assist with the deliver of a calf

calf snare

• help guide OB wire to appropriate area for cutting

obstetrical wire guide

• disarticulate a dead fetus so as to aid in its removal

fetotomy knife

• disarticulate a dead fetus so as to aid in its removal

fetatome

• hold onto fetus while performing an embryotomy

• OB hook

krey obstetrical hook

• suture a large animal after abdominal surgery or to suture the vagina closed after a prolapse

umbilical tape with buhner needle

• retain a uterine or vaginal prolapse

vulva suture pins

• check for freemartin heifers nad to determine whether a heifer that is a twin to a bull has a normal repro tract

freemartin probe

• protect personnel from zoonotic diseases and keep clothing clean

obstetrical gloves

• retain a vaginal prolapse

ewe prolapse retainer

• helps a lamb from the birth canal

lambing instrument

• rough-cut long hooves of cattle and horses while the foot is on the ground

long-handled hoof nippers: squire hoof trimmers

• trims the frog and sole

hoof knife

• trim the sole

swiss hoof knife

• check through a hoof wall for abscesses or sore spots

hoof tester

• curette a small hoof abscess

hoof abscess knife

• help a cow that has injured a hoof by protecting the injured hoof

hoof blocks

• clip wolf teeth of piglets

pig tooth nipper

• retain rectal prolapses

rectal prolapse rings

• trim excess hoof material

hoof trimmer for sheep and goats

• open teat canal

teat dilator

• makes an incision from the inside to the outside

teat slitter

• scrape the inside of the teat canal and remove obstructions or tumors or to take biopsy specimens

cornell teat curette

• open stenotic teat by incising through scar tissue or other constricting tissue

lichty teat knife or bistoury

• administer medications into the teat canal

udder-infusion cannula

• screen for and diagnose mastitis

california mastitis test kit

• keep an injured teat open for milking

milking tubes

• support an injured or pendulous udder

udder support

• provide a connection between the IV catheter and the IV fluids and to regulate the flow of those fluids

simplex intravenous bell sets

• administer liquid medications orally

dose syringe

• give large amounts of oral fluids to calves, foals, or lambs

oral calf drencher

• deliver liquid medication directly to stomach or to relieve gas from the rumen

stomach tube

• pump medication through the stomach tube into the stomach

drench pump

• deliver solid medication to large animals orally

balling gun

• holds jaw open wide enough to enable the passage of stomach tube

frick speculum

• transfer liquid contents of one bottle to another without use of a syringe

transfer needle

• administer IM or SQ injections to multiple animals without reloading syringe

automatic dose syringe