A working clinic needs five groups of kit: diagnostics such as a stethoscope and thermometer, restraint tools, dosing and drenching equipment, sterilization and storage items, and protective wear. Around 25 veterinary general instruments cover a mixed practice. A dairy farm running 50 animals needs roughly half that list. This checklist sets out what belongs in […]
A single action hoof cutter for cows gives you speed and control on routine overgrowth; a double action model roughly doubles the cutting force at the blade, which is what you want on a hard, neglected claw or a heavy bull. Most dairy herds need trimming roughly twice a year, timed around dry-off and mid-lactation. […]
A cow weight measuring tape converts heart girth into an estimated liveweight, and it is accurate enough for dosing provided the tape sits in the right place, at the right tension, on an animal standing square. Most errors are not tape errors. They are placement errors, and they push readings in the same direction every […]
