Non-Ruminant Animal Production – Swine -Identify veterinary instruments used in care of pigs

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AG 2103 - Non-Ruminant Animal Production – Swine
Practical No. 04
Identify veterinary instruments used in care of pigs
Equipment/
Instrument/ Tool
Uses
01 Ear notcher To notch the ears of piglets.
02 Syringe/ Needles To administrate medicines
03 Hog catcher/
Snatchers
To capture and hold a hogs or
restrain animals
Advanced Technological Institute - Gampaha
Department of Agriculture
Year II Semester I

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04 Drencher To give proper dose of oral
medicines
05 Scalpel Used in Castration
06 Preg-tone To detect amniotic fluid
present in pregnancy
07 OB snare/ OB forceps Used to assistance when sow
is having trouble during
furrowing

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08 Ear Tagger/ Tag
applicator
To put tags in ears
09 Tooth clipper To clip the needle teeth
10 Thermometer To take body temperature of
the pigs
11 AI Gun To inseminate sow with
semen
12 Electric tail docker To dock the tails of newborn
piglets

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13 Pig castration rack To hold the animal for
castration
14 Spiral semen catheter To inseminate the semen