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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 996795" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>We added Synanthic to our worming routine last year. We use a drenching gun like this one, <a href="http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=34a8b1a1-b519-4de0-a338-607cce3d8723" target="_blank">http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=34a8b1a1-b519-4de0-a338-607cce3d8723</a>. I found you don't need to hold the cows head up to administer the wormer. Hook into the side of her mouth and pull up as far as you easily can. Squirt it in, unless she has a cud in her mouth you'll get it squirted on the back of her tongue where she can't easily spit it out.</p><p>I use gun type syringes for administering IM & SQ injections. I've gone to using 3/4 inch for SQ & 1 to 1.5 for IM, depending on the size of the animal. I can push the 3/4 inch straight in and then back out a fraction to get it SQ. This allows me to use one hand, so when the little buggers reach their back leg forward enough to whack my hand good, I've got a second hand to keep going. :hide: </p><p>I like to get the IM deep on the larger animals, proportionately less deep on smaller animals.</p><p></p><p>Dehorning is the only time we confine the head. We don't have a good chute for that so we pay the vet to bring his. A good table & chain to restrain the head speeds up things so much that we save money by paying him to bring his chute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 996795, member: 1974"] We added Synanthic to our worming routine last year. We use a drenching gun like this one, [url]http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=34a8b1a1-b519-4de0-a338-607cce3d8723[/url]. I found you don't need to hold the cows head up to administer the wormer. Hook into the side of her mouth and pull up as far as you easily can. Squirt it in, unless she has a cud in her mouth you'll get it squirted on the back of her tongue where she can't easily spit it out. I use gun type syringes for administering IM & SQ injections. I've gone to using 3/4 inch for SQ & 1 to 1.5 for IM, depending on the size of the animal. I can push the 3/4 inch straight in and then back out a fraction to get it SQ. This allows me to use one hand, so when the little buggers reach their back leg forward enough to whack my hand good, I've got a second hand to keep going. :hide: I like to get the IM deep on the larger animals, proportionately less deep on smaller animals. Dehorning is the only time we confine the head. We don't have a good chute for that so we pay the vet to bring his. A good table & chain to restrain the head speeds up things so much that we save money by paying him to bring his chute. [/QUOTE]
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