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1.Oral medication with large pills called boluses are given with a bolus gun or with capsule forceps.
2. Oral powder, such as vitamins are placed well back on the tongue. However if it is for the whole flock mix with feed, minerals, or drinking water.
3. Oral liquid is given as a drench with the use of a syringe or is given in drinking water.
4. Oral pastes that are easy to use are sold with an applicator for smearing on the tongue of the sheep – several worming medications are sold as paste.
5. Spray-on and sprinkle-on products such as those used to treat pinkeye or insect eradication, including maggot or screwworm bombs.
6. Dips commonly used for treating large number of animals with insecticides. This treatment involves a tank large enough to accommodate a sheep full of solution in which the animals are forced to swim.
7. Pour-ons, such as iodine on the navel of a newly born lamb, disinfectant on minor wounds and certain insecticides.
8. Subcutaneous injections; medication injected just under the skin.
9. Intradermal injections; medication given into the skin.
10. Interamuscular injection, which is a liquid such as antibiotics injected into heavy muscle.
11. Intramammary injection, which is the administration of either fluid or ointment such as mastitis drugs through the teat opening.
12. Intraperitoneal injection, which is liquid given through the right flank into the abdominal cavity and should be done by a veterinarian.
13. Intravenous injection, which is fluid administered into a vein. It is advisable to either get your vet to do this or ask an experienced person to do it.
14. Intranasal which is the spraying of vaccine up into the nasal cavity.
15 Uterine boluses to prevent infection after an assisted lambing.
Injections:
To avoid serious infections equipment must be sterile, therefore only use clean and sterile syringes, needles should be disposable. If reusable syringes are being used then sterilize them by boiling for at least 30 minutes. Needles can be boiled but they become dull and dull needles are one of he most common causes of injection site infections because they force dirt, grease, and bacteria through the skin. Storing needles in alcohol can also cause the points of needles to become blunt as they rub against the side of the container.
2. Oral powder, such as vitamins are placed well back on the tongue. However if it is for the whole flock mix with feed, minerals, or drinking water.
3. Oral liquid is given as a drench with the use of a syringe or is given in drinking water.
4. Oral pastes that are easy to use are sold with an applicator for smearing on the tongue of the sheep – several worming medications are sold as paste.
5. Spray-on and sprinkle-on products such as those used to treat pinkeye or insect eradication, including maggot or screwworm bombs.
6. Dips commonly used for treating large number of animals with insecticides. This treatment involves a tank large enough to accommodate a sheep full of solution in which the animals are forced to swim.
7. Pour-ons, such as iodine on the navel of a newly born lamb, disinfectant on minor wounds and certain insecticides.
8. Subcutaneous injections; medication injected just under the skin.
9. Intradermal injections; medication given into the skin.
10. Interamuscular injection, which is a liquid such as antibiotics injected into heavy muscle.
11. Intramammary injection, which is the administration of either fluid or ointment such as mastitis drugs through the teat opening.
12. Intraperitoneal injection, which is liquid given through the right flank into the abdominal cavity and should be done by a veterinarian.
13. Intravenous injection, which is fluid administered into a vein. It is advisable to either get your vet to do this or ask an experienced person to do it.
14. Intranasal which is the spraying of vaccine up into the nasal cavity.
15 Uterine boluses to prevent infection after an assisted lambing.
Injections:
To avoid serious infections equipment must be sterile, therefore only use clean and sterile syringes, needles should be disposable. If reusable syringes are being used then sterilize them by boiling for at least 30 minutes. Needles can be boiled but they become dull and dull needles are one of he most common causes of injection site infections because they force dirt, grease, and bacteria through the skin. Storing needles in alcohol can also cause the points of needles to become blunt as they rub against the side of the container.