FIRST AID KIT

COLLECTION: GOAT HANDBOOK
ORIGIN: United States
DATE INCLUDED: June 1992

Extension Goat Handbook

This material was contributed from collections at the National Agricultural
Library.  However, users should direct all inquiries about the contents to
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DOCN 000000056
NO   G-2
TI   FIRST AID KIT
AU   S. B. Guss; Pennsylvania State U.  University Park
RV   D. L. Ace; Pennsylvania State U., University Park
DE   Health and Disease Management

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1        A small tight cupboard hung on an inside wall of  the goat barn
     makes an ideal location for storage of  a few instruments, emergency
     medication, routine  medication and first aid supplies. The cupboard
     should be placed high enough to be beyond the  reach of small children
     and it should have good  latches to keep it securely closed.

2        The purpose of a medicine cupboard or cabinet  should not be for
     ''do it yourself'' veterinary  medicine. Rather, it should be used with
     your  veterinarian's approval and counsel to do routine  things and
     emergency things in his absence.

3        Talk over the following list of requirements with  your veterinarian
     and resolve to keep your herd in  top health condition. Experience with
     the medical  problems peculiar to your herd will help both of  you to be
     better prepared to do the best possible  job of disease prevention and
     emergency medical  care.

4        Necessary supplies stored in your cabinet should  include:

5    INSTRUMENTS

         A fifteen inch piece of 3/4 inch diameter pipe which can be used as
     a  speculum for giving medication by mouth.

         A four foot long section of 1/2 inch rubber or plastic tubing for
     use as a  stomach tube. This can be  passed through the 3/4 inch pipe
     which is held  in  the mouth as far back as the rear molars.  The
     stomach tube can be gently passed beyond it as the animal swallows. The
     speculum is a good means of holding the  head  steadily in a natural
     position.

         A small funnel can be used for pouring the medication into the tube.

         A good hoof shear for trimming feet (a Burdizzo hoof shear) should
     be hung  on the wall or inside the cabinet door.

         A ''caulking gun'' dose syringe for dosing goats with Thibendazole
     or other  wormer paste  should also be placed in that location.

         A curved serrated scissors for use in removing extra teats should
     also be  hung nearby.

         An electric clipper, such as that commonly used for grooming dogs,
     plus at  least one extra blade  should be kept in its box on a shelf in
     the cupboard.

         An open hoof groover at least 3/8 inch wide should be placed with
     the  clippers, speculum, tube  and hoof shears. It will be useful for
     cutting  out  excessive growth from foot soles and for  removing foreign
     bodies from soles  of the  feet.

         The tattooing equipment and necessary numerals and ink for using it
     should  be placed on this  shelf.

6    MEDICAL SUPPLIES

         A half pound roll of absorbent cotton, several rolls of 1 inch
     adhesive tape and a dozen 4 x 4 inch  sterile gauze pads should be kept
     together in  a small  carton on a shelf in the cupboard.

         Several 10 ml glass hypodermic syringes should be sterilized by
     boiling ten minutes and stored in  a sterilized dry fruit jar on a
     shelf.

         At least a half dozen 18 gauge 1 inch sterile hypodermic needles
     should be  kept in the  fruit jar covered by their protective plastic
     tips. These, of  course, are used for various  subcutaneous or
     intramuscular hypodermic   injections.

7    MEDICATIONS

         Liquid medicines necessary should be put together  in one location:

         An eight ounce bottle of 2Tincture of Iodine and a small baby food
     jar  with a cover should be  placed together for use in disinfecting
     navels of  newborn kids.

         Pint bottles of hydrogen peroxide and 70 0sopropyl alcohol, a four
     ounce  bottle of  scarlet dressing or similar wound dressing
     (Sulfa-Urea, etc.), and  a four ounce bottle of  astringent blue lotion
     will be helpful for  treating  superficial wounds.

         Dry medicinal powders, magnesium hydroxide (dry milk of magnesia,
     epsom  salts  (magnesium sulfate) and baking soda (sodium  bicarbonate)
     should be kept in one pound  boxes or jars and properly labelled.

         1 quart bottle of heavy mineral oil and 1 quart bottle of propylene
     glycol  should be placed  together on a shelf.

8    PESTICIDES

         Coumaphos (Co-Ral), Methoxychlor, or Ciodrin for lice and mange
     control and Captan wettable  powder for ringworm treatment should be
     kept on a bottom shelf in tightly sealed  containers.

9    BIOLOGICS

         Any biologics kept for routine use should be kept by themselves
     under  refrigeration at all  times. If they are administered carefully,
     using sterile needles and syringes and their  rubber caps wiped
     thoroughtly with 70alcohol before removal of the biologic, they  will
     stay in usable condition until their  expiration dates.

         Routine biologics for herd health programs, administered by the
     herdsman,  should be kept  in small ten dose vials.

         Injectable antibiotics, such as penicillin-streptomycin
     combinations,  oxytetracycline  (Terramycin), chlortetracycline
     (Aureomycin), and tylosin  (Tylan) should be  stored under refrigeration
     and handled when  used in the same way as routine biologics.

         The condition and kinds of biologics used should  be decided in
     consultation with your veterinarian.  He can also advise about stocking
     and storing  other  emergency medications.

10       Remember, the purpose of a medicine storage  cabinet is not for
     replacing the veterinarian, but  for assisting him to help you. When you
     hang a  medicine cupboard on the wall, depend upon him to  advise you
     where and how to store things you may  need.
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