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Anesthetic and dehorning

  • 09-02-2013 8:44am
    #1
    Milton09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭


    Whenever I'm using anesthetic for dehorning young calves, giving the injection is nearly always more difficult than the dehorning part. I have a good dehorning crate but its still very difficult to hold the calfs head steady enough to get the injection in the right place, especially with a long needle. I often though if you had a very short needle ,just long enough to get under the skin it would be easier to use i.e. you could push in it full depth, has anybody ever seen very short needles for injecting cattle like this.


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  • #2
    tim04750
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭tim04750


    If you take the little plastic tube the needle comes in and cut it in half , then put it back on the needle, it acts as a stopper, just trim to suit.


  • #3
    freedominacup
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    I didn't think you could have anesthetic on a farm for the past number of years.


  • #4
    Bizzum
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    tim04750 wrote: »
    If you take the little plastic tube the needle comes in and cut it in half , then put it back on the needle, it acts as a stopper, just trim to suit.

    Good idea. I never heard of or saw it done. I use as short a needle as I'd have around the place, usually a 3/4".
    On the subject, it's vital to inject at the correct site. I've seen a couple of lads inject (wrongly!) at the base of the horn.


  • #5
    Lizard_Moon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Lizard_Moon


    freedominacup wrote: »
    I didn't think you could have anesthetic on a farm for the past number of years.

    It's a specially imported product licensed in the UK for dehorning, 100ml bottles. Not the same product as the one vets use in Caesarian sections etc 500ml bottles.


  • #6
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    Lizard_Moon wrote: »
    It's a specially imported product licensed in the UK for dehorning, 100ml bottles. Not the same product as the one vets use in Caesarian sections etc 500ml bottles.

    Is it Norocaine?


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  • #7
    micky mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 278 ✭✭micky mouse


    Milton09 wrote: »
    Whenever I'm using anesthetic for dehorning young calves, giving the injection is nearly always more difficult than the dehorning part. I have a good dehorning crate but its still very difficult to hold the calfs head steady enough to get the injection in the right place, especially with a long needle. I often though if you had a very short needle ,just long enough to get under the skin it would be easier to use i.e. you could push in it full depth, has anybody ever seen very short needles for injecting cattle like this.
    Yeah,can be got,real fine needle,good for that job,or lambs that might need an injection.I've got them in connacht gold over the years.


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