Veterinary Science CDE Equipment and Materials Identification

Vocabulary practice flashcards identifying veterinary equipment, instruments, surgical tools, and restraint devices based on the Georgia FFA Veterinary Science CDE list.

Anesthetic machines

Equipment used to deliver inhalation anesthesia and maintain unconsciousness in animals during surgical procedures.

Autoclave

A device that utilizes high heat, steam, and pressure to clean and sterilize surgical equipment.

Autoclave tape indicator

An adhesive indicator tape with chemical markings that turn black when exposed to adequate sterilization heat, confirming an item has undergone the autoclave process.

Backhaus Towel Clamps

Perforating clamping instruments with sharp, curved tips used to grasp and secure surgical drapes and towels to a patient's skin.

Balling Gun

A specialized plunger-type tool used to orally administer pills, capsules, or boluses directly down a large animal's throat.

Bandaging Material--- Elasticon

A thick, elastic adhesive fabric bandaging material that provides firm, flexible support and adherence.

Bandaging Material--- Roll gauze

A thin, white, porous woven material used for primary or secondary wound dressings and wrapping.

Bandaging Material--- Vet Wrap

A flexible, colored, self-adhering bandaging material that sticks firmly to itself rather than skin or hair.

Bands (Castration or Docking)

Small, strong rubber elastrator rings applied to constrict blood supply for bloodless tail docking or castration.

Catheter--- IV

A slender, flexible tube inserted into a vein to deliver intravenous fluids, medications, or collect blood.

Catheter--- Tomcat Urinary

A rigid, narrow catheter designed specifically to relieve urethral obstructions and drain urine from male cats.

Cautery

An electric pencil or handheld device that produces heat to burn tissue, destroy lesions, or achieve hemostasis by sealing bleeding vessels.

Centrifuge

A motorized laboratory machine that spins blood tubes and fluid samples at high speeds to separate cellular elements from serum or plasma.

Chemical indicator strips

Paper strips with chemical markings placed inside surgical packs that change color to show sterilization conditions have been met.

Dehorner--- Barnes

A manual, hinged scissor-style cutting dehorner used to scoop out and remove horns and surrounding tissue in young cattle.

Dehorner--- Electric

An electrically heated iron device placed over horn buds to burn and destroy germinal tissue to prevent horn growth.

Dental/Power float

A manual or motorized rasp used in equine dentistry to file down and level sharp enamel points and hooks on teeth.

Dental scaler

A sharp-pointed dental hand pick used to scrape calculus, plaque, and debris from tooth surfaces.

Large Animal Ear Tagger

A plier-like applicator tool used to attach visual ear tags to livestock for identification.

Ear Notcher

A punch-style tool used to cut distinct V-shaped notches along pig ears for permanent individual and litter identification.

Elastrator

A plier-like expanding tool used to stretch heavy rubber bands wide enough to place over the scrotum or tail for castration or docking.

Electronic ID Reader

A handheld wand or scanning instrument that reads RFID microchips and electronic ear tags.

Elizabethan collar

A conical protective collar placed around an animal's neck to prevent it from licking, chewing, or scratching surgical wounds and dressings.

Emasculators

A veterinary surgical tool used for livestock castration that crushes the spermatic vessels to stop bleeding while simultaneously cutting the spermatic cord.

Endotracheal Tubes

Flexible plastic or rubber tubes inserted into the trachea to administer inhalation anesthesia and maintain an open airway.

Fecal loop

A slender, reusable rod ending in a smooth loop designed to insert into the rectum to collect small fecal samples.

Fecalyzer

A disposable plastic flotation device consisting of a vial and insert filter used to prepare and analyze fecal samples for parasite ova.

Fetal Extractor--- Calf

A mechanical obstetrical ratchet and lever frame (calf puller) used with chains to pull calves during difficult deliveries.

Forceps--- Allis Tissue

Locking surgical forceps featuring inward-curving, interlocking teeth at the tips used to hold and lift dense or tough tissues.

Forceps--- Babcock Tissue

Locking atraumatic forceps with triangular, circular fenestrated tips used to grasp delicate tissues without crushing them.

Forceps--- Brown-Adson Thumb

Tweezer-like thumb forceps featuring multiple fine, interlocking parallel teeth along the tip used to handle delicate tissue.

Forceps--- Crile

Hemostatic locking forceps with transverse serrations running the full length of the jaws, used to occlude bleeding vessels.

Forceps--- Kelly

Hemostatic locking forceps characterized by transverse serrations along only the distal half ($1/2$) of the jaws.

Forceps--- Rat Tooth Thumb

Tweezer-like thumb forceps with large, pointed interlocking teeth at the tip used to grip skin and dense fascia.

Forceps--- Rochester Carmalt

Large, curved or straight hemostatic forceps featuring longitudinal grooves along the jaws with cross-serrated tips, used to clamp large vascular pedicles.

Hog Snare

A handling restraint device with a wire cable loop mounted on a metal pole that fits over a pig's snout to hold it in place.

Hoof Knife

A curved hook-bladed hand tool used by farriers and veterinarians to clean out dirt, trim soles, and pare hoof tissue.

Hoof Rasp

A rough, heavy abrasive grater file used to level, smooth, and remove excess hoof wall.

IV fluid bag

A sterile plastic pouch filled with intravenous solutions like saline or dextrose to provide fluid therapy via an IV line.

Muzzle--- Basket

A thick, ventilated cage-like muzzle that covers an animal's jaws to prevent biting while allowing panting and drinking.

Muzzle--- Nylon

A thin, fabric wrap-style muzzle fitted securely over a dog's snout to keep the jaws closed temporarily.

Needle Holder--- Olsen-Hegar

A surgical needle driver featuring cross-hatched serrations on a short nose with built-in scissor blades behind the jaws to cut sutures.

Obstetrical Chain and Handle

Smooth metal link chains and detachable pulling handles designed to be placed around a fetal calf's legs to assist in delivery.

Ophthalmoscope

A diagnostic handheld lighted optical instrument used to examine the interior structures of the eye.

Otoscope

A handheld medical instrument equipped with a light and magnifying lens used to inspect the ear canal.

Pig Tooth Nippers

Plier-type cutters used to clip the sharp needle teeth of newborn piglets to avoid damage to the sow and littermates.

Rumen Magnet

A cylindrical magnet administered orally into the reticulum of cattle to collect ingested metallic objects and prevent hardware disease.

Scalpel Blade

A detachable, sharp disposable surgical steel blade designed to mount onto a scalpel handle for incisions.

Scalpel Handle

A metal surgical handle engineered to securely receive and hold interchangeable scalpel blades.

Scissors--- Utility Bandage

Heavy shears featuring plastic-coated finger rings and a broad blunt tip designed to cut dressings and tough materials safely.

Scissors--- Lister Bandage

Angled scissors with an enlarged, flattened blunt probe on the lower blade designed to slide beneath bandages without cutting skin.

Scissors--- Mayo Dissecting

Heavy surgical scissors with rounded, beveled blade tips used for dissecting and cutting thick, dense fascia and tissues.

Scissors--- Metzenbaum Dissecting

Slender, long-handled surgical scissors with short, fine, rounded blades designed for precise, delicate tissue dissection.

Silver Nitrate Sticks

Match-like wooden applicators tipped with silver nitrate used for chemical cauterization to stop small, superficial hemorrhages.

Snook Ovariohysterectomy Hook

A specialized blunt hook instrument used to locate and exteriorize the uterine horns during spay surgery.

Speculum--- Equine

A metal mouth-retraction device that fits on a horse's head to prop the mouth wide open during dental examination and floating.

Speculum--- Frick and Bovine

A hollow, rigid metal tube placed inside a bovine's mouth to allow the passage of a stomach tube while preventing chewing.

Cattle Handling Restraint Device

A squeeze chute and head gate system designed to hold and safely immobilize cattle for veterinary procedures.

Staple Remover

A scissor-like extraction tool that depresses the middle of surgical staples to widen their prongs for safe skin removal.

Stethoscope

An acoustic diagnostic device used to listen to internal bodily sounds such as the heart, lungs, and stomach motility.

Syringe--- Luer Lock

A syringe design with a threaded tip that securely twists and locks the needle into place to prevent it from slipping off under pressure.

Syringe--- Slip Tip

A syringe design featuring a smooth, tapered tip where the needle hub slips and pushes directly onto the barrel.

Syringe--- Automatic multi-dose

A spring-loaded repeater syringe gun designed to deliver consistent, repeated preset medication or vaccine doses to multiple animals.

Tattooing Instrument

A set of stamping pliers with interchangeable needle digits used with ink to leave a permanent numerical or letter tattoo inside livestock ears.

Thermometer

An instrument used to measure the internal body temperature of an animal.

Trocar and Cannula

A sharp-pointed stylet (trocar) enclosed in a tube (cannula) used to puncture the abdominal wall and rumen to relieve severe bloat.

Humane Twitch

A hinged plier-type restraint tool with a cord that clamps onto a horse's upper lip and nose to release endorphins and achieve behavioral control.