Equipment used by shepherds
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For docking and castrating
Elastrator
Burdizzo
Emasculator
All-in-one tool
Callicrate Bander
Electric docker
Elastrator
rings, O-rings
(for use with elastrator)
(for use with elastrator)
Scalpel
For identification
Alflex
total-tagger
Brass tag applicator
X-tag and button
tag applicator
Tattoo
outfit
Hole punch
Branding irons
DNA
ear tag
Neck tag
Ear notcher
Shearing
/ wool
Electric shears
Comb
Cutter
Hand
shears
Wool card
Drop spindle
For giving medicines and vaccines
Balling
or pill gun
Automatic or backpack
drench gun
Small flock drencher
Syringes
Needle
Automatic syringe
For
fixing prolapses
Rectal
ring
(for repairing rectal prolapse)
(for repairing rectal prolapse)
Prolapse retainer
(for holding in vaginal prolapse)
(for holding in vaginal prolapse)
Prolapse harness
(for holding in vaginal
prolapse)
Foot
care
Hoof
trimmers
Sheep chair
Foot bath
At
lambing
Esophageal
feeding
tube, catheter
(use with syringe for tube feeding)
tube, catheter
(use with syringe for tube feeding)
Pritchard
teat
(nipple for bottle feeding)
(nipple for bottle feeding)
Navel
cup
(also a teat dip cup for dairy cattle)
(also a teat dip cup for dairy cattle)
Nasal
syringe
Sling for weighing
lambs
60
cc syringe for use with
catheter to tube feed baby lambs
catheter to tube feed baby lambs
Other items
Marking
harness
(put on ram to record breeding dates)
(put on ram to record breeding dates)
Scrotal
tape
(to measure size of testicles)
(to measure size of testicles)
Gambrel restrainer
McMaster
egg counting slide
(for determining worm/fecal egg counts)
FAMACHA©
eye anemia card
(for determining need for deworming)
(for determining need for deworming)
Detail
device
(to determine length of docked tail and compliance with tail docking policies)
(to determine length of docked tail and compliance with tail docking policies)
Soil probe
(to collect soil for a soil test)
(to collect soil for a soil test)
Leg hook
Grid for measuring
ribeye area