How to give a goat an injection: rules and choice of place, scheme for administering drugs

Manipulation with injections is not necessarily associated with animal diseases. Animals are often vaccinated by injection. An injection is the best way to ensure the rapid action of drugs, which is important in resuscitation therapy. Therefore, it is desirable for every owner to know how to give a goat an injection, the main schemes of the procedure.

What do you need for this?

In the treatment of animals, medications are often administered through syringes. As a rule, the type of medicine determines the method of its administration, the volume of the syringe:

• for intradermal injections use 1-2 ml syringes with short needles;
• to do the procedure subcutaneously, choose syringes of the required volume (it is advisable to focus on the amount of the drug so as not to fill the syringe several times);
• Syringes with a volume of 1-20 ml are selected for intramuscular manipulations.

To make an injection, you will need a syringe of the required volume, a cotton pad, and a disinfectant composition. When choosing instruments, the methods of administration of various drugs (intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, intra-abdominal, intraosseous) are taken into account.

When is it necessary to give an injection?

Vaccination against most diseases is by injection. Mandatory vaccinations are made against a number of diseases:

• FMD is rapidly transmitted through animal contact. Therefore, in addition to vaccination, they do a general disinfection of the premises, all cells;
• To prevent the onset of smallpox, goats are started at 3 months of age with the vaccine. Revaccination every year;
• It is important to prevent brucellosis in animals, as the disease is transmitted to humans through milk. Animals from 2-3 months of age in farms with an unfavorable situation due to the disease are subject to mandatory vaccination.

At the age of three months, pets are vaccinated against anthrax. Adult animals are injected every year. Be sure to vaccinate all goats arriving at the farm.

How to do it right?

Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before injecting. An area of the skin intended for the administration of the drug is disinfected in the animal. Manipulations are carried out according to the following schemes:

• intradermal injection is made into a small fold of skin (on the underside of the tail), which is collected with the fingers of the left hand. In this case, the needle is introduced under the skin gradually, keeping it almost parallel to the surface;
• to make a subcutaneous injection, the goat is fixed in a standing position. For manipulation, a section of the inner surface of the thigh or the middle third of the neck is suitable. Before manipulation, a large fold of skin is captured with the middle and thumb, and a depression is made in the fold with the index finger. The needle is inserted to a depth of 1.5-2 cm with a sharp movement;
• when the drug is administered intramuscularly, goats are kept in a standing position. For injections, areas with the location of large muscle groups are selected (inner surface of the thigh, upper or middle part of the neck). The needle is inserted into the muscle perpendicular to the surface of the body, to a depth of 2-3 cm.

If the syringe is filled 2-3 times with the drug, then the needle is not removed from the skin or body, but only the syringe is disconnected. At the end of the procedure, the injection site is treated with a disinfectant, lightly massaged.

It's easy to inject your pets on your own. It is necessary to prepare the instrument in accordance with the instructions for the preparation, to know the injection scheme. Goats practically do not get sick with a properly composed diet and good care, and periodic vaccinations are tolerated.

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