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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Buffy the eggs layer on January 03, 2016, 01:38:45 pm

Title: can you get sub cut needles for a vac gun?
Post by: Buffy the eggs layer on January 03, 2016, 01:38:45 pm

Hi


I have a philips vac gun with an IM steri needle attachment from cox agri.


Does anyone know if its possible to use this vac system for SC injections?

Title: Re: can you get sub cut needles for a vac gun?
Post by: Foobar on January 03, 2016, 01:55:46 pm

Yes, the green steri sleeve is the one for IM injections and you can get the clear steri sleeve for SC injections.  The clear one is actually the one that you see in the shops most often, so you just need to get one of these.

https://www.sterimaticworldwide.co.uk/cart.php?target=category&category_id=12 (https://www.sterimaticworldwide.co.uk/cart.php?target=category&category_id=12)

Title: Re: can you get sub cut needles for a vac gun?
Post by: Buffy the eggs layer on January 03, 2016, 02:11:36 pm

Thanks foobar,




                 not sure what I have currently having looked at those though. I had initially thought that I had SC but when we OH last used the gun the needle was clearly going IM. The sleeve was clear for the needles though which suggests SC. ???


        thanks for the link I will contact them tomorrow.