How To Give Injections

[novatech]

Thought I would pass this along for those needing to know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMQC0gYH ... re=related

 

[xbred]

good info, thanks

 

[2barmcattle]

Very useful info......Thanks!!!

 

[rcstokes]

Being relitively new to this cattle thing, That is a very informitive link. Thank you very much.

 

[KNERSIE]

Good info, but not everything said was technically correct.

 

[novatech]

Good info, but not everything said was technically correct.

Well don't leave me hanging. What's not correct?

 

[Santas and Duhram Reds]

To help avoid the knot I try to rub the vaccine in after administering the shot.

 

[S&WSigma40VEShooter]

Helpful info. Thanks

 

[hillsdown]

Unfortunately the buyer assumes that the knot is due to an antibiotic and not a vacc, so the cattle are actually discounted.

Maybe some education to the buyers should be done not just the producers.. ;-)

Thanks for the link Nova..

 

[angie1]

That is a good reference! I don't mind giving SubQ shots at all, but to this day when I give a shot IM, I just wait for the calf to fall over dead or be paralyzed. In a horse that muscle stands out so defined, but I worry when I give the IM shots to calves that I will accidentally inject into a vein (I know @ pulling back the plunger), or that I am going to somehow interfere with the spine. Its just one of those things. I have had the vet show me a bunch of times, but it is helpful for me to see it again (and again, and again ).

 

[TexasBred]

To help avoid the knot I try to rub the vaccine in after administering the shot.

I give it in the fold of skin right where the front leg joins the body. Easy to give, she can't move as much and it is a very active part of the cows body reducing chances of soreness or swelling.

 

[hillsdown]

That is a good reference! I don't mind giving SubQ shots at all, but to this day when I give a shot IM, I just wait for the calf to fall over dead or be paralyzed. In a horse that muscle stands out so defined, but I worry when I give the IM shots to calves that I will accidentally inject into a vein (I know @ pulling back the plunger), or that I am going to somehow interfere with the spine. Its just one of those things. I have had the vet show me a bunch of times, but it is helpful for me to see it again (and again, and again ).

And I do not believe that for a second, you know what you are doing..

I give it in the fold of skin right where the front leg joins the body. Easy to give, she can't move as much and it is a very active part of the cows body reducing chances of soreness or swelling.

We know some tricks that are best not shared.. :lol2:

 

[TexasBred]

Guess I better not even mention giving them in the fold of skin on each side of the tail. :lol2:

 

[CKC1586]

Guess I better not even mention giving them in the fold of skin on each side of the tail. :lol2:

Really? No lumps?? I like this idea....

 

[TexasBred]

Guess I better not even mention giving them in the fold of skin on each side of the tail. :lol2:

Really? No lumps?? I like this idea....

Nope..just lift the tail a bit and there is that "target" on each side of the tail head.

 

[CKC1586]

Guess I better not even mention giving them in the fold of skin on each side of the tail. :lol2:

Really? No lumps?? I like this idea....

Nope..just lift the tail a bit and there is that "target" on each side of the tail head.

Well, that seems to make more sense that trying to find that magic triangle on their necks and tenting the skin and....all that fuss....gonna have to try that next time I have to do a sq.

 

[hillsdown]

CKC it should work great on your Pieds. The more muscular and fat the cattle are ,the easier it is to do.