Handling and Restraint

Acrylic Rodent Restrainer

Used for rat and mouse venipuncture; consists of a clear plastic tube with holes drilled into it

Bull staff

Restraint equipment for cattle that consists of a long-handled metal rode with a large hook at one end that clips to the nose ring, helping to restrain the head

Casting Rope

A rope used to plae an enclosed animal on its side

Cat bag

A restraint device designed to enclose a cat’s body while providing access to treament sites

Catching Hook

A hook, usually about five inches long, attached to a long-handled pole for the purpose of catching chickens and turkeys

Catching Net

A net, usually attached to the end of along-handled wooden pole, used to remove individual birds from a flock

Cattle Chute

A cattle examination area large enough to hold one animal, often with poles for cross-tying and an opening to hold its head in place

Cephalic Vein

Venipuncture site along the front of a dog’s foreleg

Chain Shank

A long leather lead or rope with about a two-foot length of chain and a snap hook at one end, used to distract horse

Chain Twitch

A horse resrtaint, usually composed of a long wooden handle with a loop of stainless-steel chain at one end, designed to distract a horse by stimulating its nerves in their lip

Chemical Restraint

Use of sedatives, tranquilizers, and anesthetics on an animal

Cross-Tie

A restraint method that restricts an animal’s side-to-side head movement by tying two ropes to the halter and to cross-tie rings in a barn or transport trailer

Fetal Hold

The technique of grasping a cat by the scruff of the neck

Foreceps

An instrument that grasps small rodents and allows for their transport from one cage to another

Halter

Gear composed of a noseband and a throatlatch that encircles the head of a large animal (sucha as a horse) and allows a lead to be attached for restraint

Head Snare

A long metal or heavy-duty plastic tybular handle witha thick retractable wire inside it, forming a large loop designed to be pulled out, slipped over an animals’s head, and quckly tightened

Hobble

A leather strap fastened around an animal’s legs to restrict its movement

Hurdle

A flat, shield-like piece of plastic or plywood that’s three feet square and used to direct a group of pigs into an enclosure

Jugular Vein

Venipuncture site on the front of a dog’s neck

Lateral Recumbency

An animal restrained on its side and stretched out (also called reclining restraint)

Lead

A guide leash, often made of leath or rope, that attaches to a halter and allows you to hold an animal in place or quide its direction

Manual Restraint

using your hands to hold an animal in the desireed position

Mechanical Restraint

Use of equipment like leashes, collars, restraint bags, and poles on an animal to hold it in a desired position

Milking Hobbles

Two metal bands, connected by a length of chain, used to prevent a cow rom kicking

Muzzle

Any device applied around an anima’s nose and mouth to prevent it from biting

Nasal Septum

Tissue between the nostrils

Nose Lead

Large metal tongs with large ball-shaped ends, designed to hold cattle’s heads in place

Occulude

In venipuncture, to block or hold off a vein by pressing on it with your finger, allowing blood to pool in the vein

Pig Catcher

A large, long-handled clamp with arope that holds the ends of the clamp shut

Restraint Gloves

Heavy guantle-type gloves used to handle cats, typically made of leather too thick for cats to bite through

Rope Twitch

A device that works the same as a chain twitch, only made of rope

Saphenous Vein

Venipuncture site on the outer surface of a dog’s hind leg

Slip Leash

A leash of flat or braided nylon with a ring at one end, designed to tighten momentarily as training collar does

Snubbing Rope

A rope with a loop at one end, tied with a slipknot so that the lop can be tightened, is designed to help restrain a captured pig’s head

Stanchion

An opening at the front of a cattle chute that holds the head in place

Sternum

The breastbone

Sternal Recmbency

Placing an animal on its sternum at the edge of a table with its forelegs extending off the table’s edge

Stocks

Narrow enclosures that partially immobilize a horse for treatment

Tail Jacking

Used to prevent the animal from kicking, this technique restrains an animal for minor technical procedures. It involves lifting the tail up in line with the animal’s spine to prevent fracturing the vertebrae

Tail Tying

Technique that involves tying an animal’s tail out of the way for certain procedures

Training Collar

Strainless-steel links with a ring at each end, forming a dog collar that’s designed to tighten momentarily with a short, firm tug

Venipuncture

Puncturing a vein to collect blood, administer medication, or pass a catheter

V-Trough

A V-shaped trough usually made of plywood and used to restrain a pig on its back