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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 450180" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>You'll be there all day if you wait for 1-2 500mL bottles of fluid to flow through a 18 gauge needle. Boss (and therefore, I) always used a 16 gauge and never lost a cow to it. And you do use a new needle for each cow you IV.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, when I asked my vet about the chance of killing a cow with a calcium IV, he said that he's given up to 6 bottles without killing the cow. Granted, I'm sure that cow was initally pretty close to death for him to feel she needed that much. The key is just to watch the cow and not give it too fast.</p><p></p><p>Also FWIW, one does not have to worry about air in the vein with cattle. For humans, yes, it's a big deal, but not with cows. That comes per my vet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 450180, member: 852"] You'll be there all day if you wait for 1-2 500mL bottles of fluid to flow through a 18 gauge needle. Boss (and therefore, I) always used a 16 gauge and never lost a cow to it. And you do use a new needle for each cow you IV. FWIW, when I asked my vet about the chance of killing a cow with a calcium IV, he said that he's given up to 6 bottles without killing the cow. Granted, I'm sure that cow was initally pretty close to death for him to feel she needed that much. The key is just to watch the cow and not give it too fast. Also FWIW, one does not have to worry about air in the vein with cattle. For humans, yes, it's a big deal, but not with cows. That comes per my vet. [/QUOTE]
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