Large Animal Equipment

• injectable anesthesia
• xylazine and ketamine

around 2 years old

no

banded

no, just has to be clean

no, their scrotum is too close to their body so they have to be cut

during calf processing - usually at day 1

day 1

• used to band older bulls
• put rubber band around testicles and tighten

tetanus

• bloodless castration for bull calves that simply crushes the spermatic cord through the scrotum
• clamped and held in place for 1.5 - 2 minutes

at weaning weight

bloodless castration device for newborn calves, lambs, and kids

it doesn't stretch the rubber band very large so it can only be used for small newborn calves and small ruminants

• surgical instrument for castration of colts/stallions
• hold in place for 2 minutes
• cuts and clamps the spermatic cord

yes

instrument to simply incise the scrotum of a bull calf to perform a surgical castration

• sharp on each edge - place over horns and cuts and scoops the horn out - must put pressure while scooping
• use electric dehorner after to cauterize 

scoop dehorner

cattle

simply burns the horn bud or base killing the tissue

• newborn or young cattle
• goats
• some sheep

electric dehorner

• big devices used for dehorning bigger horns
• lots of bleeding and pain

cosmetic dehorning - sterile surgery where the horn is cut out at the base using giggly wire then sutured closed

• small device for the surgical removal of small horns
• typically used in goats
• sharp on the end - twist back and forth while it cuts and the horn will fall off

• cuts and cauterizes at the same time
• mainly used in sheep

• sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide
• rub on horn bud
• some can be rubbed off while nursing

used to remove gross dirt/debris/manure from the bottom of the hoof

• used to shave away sold or frog material
• sharp on one edge and around the crook

• left and right handed
• double edged
• oval

file to shave or shape hoof wall

• used to trim hoof wall material
• flat across the top of the tool

• hoof rasp
• hoof nipper

• used to pull shoes with nails in place (after the clinch has been cut)
• usually rounded across the top

used to pull individual nails of a creased horse shoe

• cuts the clinch (the bent over part at the top of the nail)
• looks like a sharp chisel

device used to squeeze the foot in various manners to pinpoint the location of a lameness in the foot (to find the sore spot)

• same as the hoof trimmer used for horses
• helps prevent foot rot

• same as the hoof trimmer used for horses but not as precise
• used to cut off the over grown tips of the hooves

sterile device used to visualize the cervix

• to hold the replaced prolapsed vagina in
• tied to fleece or sutured to skin

• dead, rotten, swollen calf that has to be cut out piece by piece through the vagina
• cut using OB wire

• used with the fetotome
• but can also be used for cosmetic dehorning of adult cattle, cutting bone, splitting teeth

• non-sterile for OB work in food animal or rectal palpation
• sterile for OB work in horses

loop around head and place the "v" in mouth then pull lamb straight out

• for extremities or potentially the head of the fetus for forced fetal extractions in cows and mares.
• used like a choke cain - place chain around head and then in mouth then pull cow out

easier to pull the chains with

Don't pull with any more force then 3 adults can pull with - if the baby does not come out then do a C-section

• attaches to the cow and crank it - only crank when the cow is pushing and then stop when the cow stops
• can be done with one person, but pulls with the force of 3 people

• used to place a "pseudo purse string" around the vulva of a cow to keep a prolapsed vagina/uterus in 
• vaginal prolapse occurs during late gestation
• uterine prolapse occurs during postpardum

• material used for "pseudo purse string"
• as strong as a shoe string

powder that turns to lube when added to warm water

big pill popper for cattle

bolus

placed between the cheek teeth on one side of the horse's mouth to hold the mouth open for floating, examination, etc.

provides a guarded access for the stomach tube or bolus to be passed through the oral cavity in cattle

allows for guarded passage of stomach tube or cursory examination of the oral cavity in pigs and small ruminants

full mouth speculums that open mouth at level of incisors.

• we have manual ones at school
• but most floating is done with power equipment these days

to administer liquid meds to food animals

• black for cattle
• clear for equine and other small ruminants

to administer large amounts of liquid medication through a stomach tube

used to clip the needle teeth in newborn pigs

• foolproof device to administer something to newborn calf or foal
• the blue bulb makes it go down the esophagus easier

for prevention and treatment of hardware disease in dairy cattle

loop into mouth and tighten around the maxilla back at the commissure of the lips - catches the snout of the pig

to pinch the back of the neck halfway between the ears and shoulders

squeeze the lip and nose

• device placed around the caudal abdomen just in front of the tuber coxae
• locks stifle in extension so it can't kick

placed on the rear feet typically as a kick deterrent

• there are 2 kinds, both go in the the nose...
• spikes on the end so it presses against mother and mother won't let calf nurse
• shield over the face and prevents access to nurse
• these are not used often

• used in conjunction with a special solution as a quick cowside test to detect subclinical mastitis
• holding the paddle starting at the top and going clockwise - LR (D), LF (C), RF (A), RR (B)

used to notch pigs ears for identification purposes - part of baby pig processing

different types for placement of floppy plastic tags or metal ID tags

• universal, tattoo the ear with any number from 0 - 9999
• rub tattoo ink on ear and then squeeze ear into tattoo pliers, then rub the tattoo ink down into the holes...the rest will wash off

• tags are orange metal ones with ID number
• pliers to place the special bangs tattoo
• both go in the right ear

same as small animal, just bigger

• to reduce fly worry/bother in horses
• potentially to reduce transmittable ocular disease
• also provides some protection from UV radiation

• reusable for administration of fluids typically in treatment of milk fever or grass tetany
• usually placed in the jugular vein

like a stainless steal bitch catheter, just bigger

same as the mare urinary catheter, but has a ball on the end

for temporary ID of animals

used as an extension of the hand

has a spur to touch to show steer's/heifer's foot to get them to move it to a better position

pin it to the ground to move/crowd pigs

used only when it is absolutely necessary (example - when animal is compromised or to prevent human injury) to get the animal to move or get up

most often used to "squigee" a horse dry after hosing

• last ditch effort to decompress a bloated bovine
• stick it in the rumen up high on the left side and it allows for gas to be released

• provides a pretty accurate weight if used properly
• one for each species and may even have breed differences on them
• measure circumference around heart girth in bovine
• for hogs measure length first (from middle of ears to tail) then measure circumference

• part of the breeding soundness exam
• measured in cm
• the bigger the circumference the more fertile