Drenching

Question 1

What is drenching

Answer 1

Delivery of oral medication directly into the oral cavity (similar to balling gun)

Question 2

What is important to remember when drenching

Answer 2

Slow delivery to ensure no coughing

Question 3

Why should you never use a frick speculum in the vagina

Answer 3

It’s metal and rough around the edges

Question 4

OR/ OG tubes are passed through a….

Answer 4

Frick speculum

Question 5

How do you know if an OR/OG tube is in the right place

Answer 5

Smell
Hear gurgling

Question 6

Making sure the OR/ OG tube is the correct diameter and length is important. How do you remove it

Answer 6

Kink
1 fluid motion

Question 7

OR/OG tubes are a method to administer medications or fluids through one of which 3 mechanisms

Answer 7

1. Gravity flow
2. Dose syringe
3. Stomach pump

Question 8

Why do we prefer SQ over IM especially in beef cattle

Answer 8

Can cause permanent damage to the meat (usually scar tissue formation)

Question 9

No more than ______mL per IM injection site

Answer 9

10 mL

Question 10

Keep IM injection sites ______ inches away from each other

Answer 10

4 inches