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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: mojocafa on February 15, 2015, 06:47:29 pm

Title: Injections
Post by: mojocafa on February 15, 2015, 06:47:29 pm

Vaccinating goats tomorrow, I generally put it in neck, but farmer friend suggested front oxter.

Where do you put it to cause least stress for me and the goat

This is an under the skin jab

Thanks in advance, mojo

Title: Re: Injections
Post by: Anke on February 15, 2015, 08:31:27 pm

I do it over the shoulder (as mine don't go for commercial meat it won't reduce carcass value), while they are munching on the milking stand... least stress all round. Just done all of mine...

Title: Re: Injections
Post by: Melmarsh on February 15, 2015, 09:42:31 pm

I always did mine over the shoulder and also on the milk stand although when they retired ,I just lent over them with my knee in front and that was it, job done. I am of course talking about subcutaneous injections of 6monthly lambivac.  :thinking:

Title: Re: Injections
Post by: Talana on February 15, 2015, 09:46:42 pm

I do mine in on the flank just behind the top of the front leg / elbow

Title: Re: Injections
Post by: Buttermilk on February 16, 2015, 07:57:31 am

When giving injections under the skin in a commercial milking parlour we always did it in the loose skin just behind the elbow.

Title: Re: Injections
Post by: ballingall on February 20, 2015, 01:16:24 pm

Quote from: Buttermilk on February 16, 2015, 07:57:31 am

When giving injections under the skin in a commercial milking parlour we always did it in the loose skin just behind the elbow.

This is exactly what we do- on the front leg.
 
Beth