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KodeshAcres
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Thank you so much for the detailed explanation, the whole thought of this makes me cringeSince I can't remember where you are.....Yes, needles and syringes are available at most any co-op, feed store and places like TSC or Rural King ... Probably Atwoods ? in TX... They will come as singles or pkgs of 5 or 20 or something... You will seldom give more than 5cc at a time to small animals like sheep or goats... We use 5cc and 3 cc syringes most of the time..... Most vaccines are 2 cc or 5cc dosages. And we have a few 10(12) cc syringes for oxytet or Draxxin or other antibiotics for the cows... but they are dosed on weight most of the time...and most all things say not to give more than 10cc per site anyway...
We dedicate syringes to certain products ... and they can be reused ... but the needles need to be changed out. They get dull putting them into "living leather", the animals hide. Ideally you use a needle, single use... we use them on about 5-10 when vaccinating.... you can tell when they do not go into the skin easy, they are getting dull... and switch to a new one. For safety's sake, we use leur lock syringes... the needle twists on the end... some do not twist on, just push straight on the end, they are okay but if the animal jumps on occasion the needle will pull off the end of the syringe.....you can accidentally depress the plunger and shoot out whatever is in the syringe; or the needle stays in the animal so then you have to get it and pull it out.... Not the end of the world, but for high priced antibiotics like Draxxin... it is VERY costly to lose a syringe full .....
If an animal jerks and the syringe happens to fall to the ground, with a leur lock the needle might get contaminated in the dirt... you just put a new needle on the end... $.50 or something needle, as opposed to $25 or something worth of drug in the syringe.
Could you go to your name top right, down to account details and down to location and put in a state or something so people like me, with sieves for memory, will see it under your avatar and can tailor answers for your area...


Ok let me see about this whole location thing.