Livestock Toolbox

Make sure your livestock medicine cabinet includes the following and that you know how and when to use each:

• baking soda (for stomach upset)
• chlorhexidine
• clean rags/towels
• electrolytes
• Epsom salts
• injectable antibiotic, over-the-counter type
• injectable vitamins, B Complex or B12
• iodine antiseptic (7 percent), for foot rot large-volume syringe (empty and needleless), for flushing wounds, 35 cc
• liquid antacid needles (16- and 18-gauge, 3/4-inch)
• plastic self-cling wrap
• roll cotton
• rubber gloves
• scissors
• sharp blade sharps container for needle disposal
• stethoscope syringes: 18 gauge for adult animals; 20 or 21 gauge for young animals
• thermometer triple-antibiotic ointment for scrapes, minor wounds, etc.
• yogurt (kept in the refrigerator

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