Euthanasia

Question 1

pentobarbitol sodium

Answer 1

schedule 3 - CD cupboard but not logged in book
coloured to avoid mixing up with other things

progressive CNS depression - sedation, intoxication, anaethesia, respiratory arrest and cardiac failure

IV, intraperitoneal, intracardiac, IM or intrathoracic

cattle - IV jugular
sheep - IV jugular

Question 2

somulose

Answer 2

schedule 2 - needs recorded

depresses CNS and causes respiratory depression
stops cardiac output
both should occur at same time

mostly horses

toxic to humans - gloves and eye cover

only IV, needs to go in over 10-15 seconds - too slow and will collapse but wont die, too fast it will have cardiac arrest before it goes unconscious

Question 3

firearms

Answer 3

horse -
free bullet most common - cross in middle of forehead

cattle -
horn to eye cross - same point if captive bolt or free

sheep -
free - if no horns then like a horse, if horns then behind head
for goats always act as though they have horns
captive - if no horns then straight through top of head, if horns then behind ridge of head aiming down towards tongue

pig -
thick skull, small brain
captive bolt - heaviest cartridge and only in young pigs
free bullet - big shotgun in the forehead

Question 4

captive bolt

Answer 4

stuns by percussive force - penetrating or non penetrating
then killed by pithing or bleeding
stored in locked box with bolts separate

Question 5

bleeding

Answer 5

sever carotids and jugulars - in emergency go through angle of jaw with blade going through to spine (cant be eaten if done this)
immediately after stunning while in tonic phase

Question 6

pithing

Answer 6

not in animals for human consumption
wire or rod through hole made by bolt
push towards tail, damaged brain steam and top of spinal cord