Animal health kit must haves
A toolkit of resources of things you need to proactively care for your livestock well
Equipment
- Iodine for udder care & wound care
- Salt Useful for salt bathing wounds
- Copper Use with caution, supplement for worms, hot feet etc etc (refer to pat Colbys natural cattle care, sheep care, natural farming
- Pro-biotics Young orphan animals or sick livestock
- Apple cider Vinegar orally & topically- think immune boost & fungal
- Red cordial neat Old pig farmer remedy for Instant diahorrea binder orally
- Physillium Husks Oral sand expeller
- Flo-pack- glucose & mineral injection pack Must have at all times - keep 4 in fridge - milk fever, toxemias, dehydration
- Vitamin c injectable Always first go to at the sign of sickness
- Min-kel - mineral & vitamin drench from Vitec, perfect to boost immune & health
- Essential oils For use in balms specifically udder balms (see venison for dinners Dynamint Udder cream)
- Vitamin Injectable ADE Received in far from well livestock a good boost
- Diatomaceous earth Perfect for natural cattle rub, chicken mites, fleas (must wear mask & gloves high silica
- Minerals & seaweed Pat Coleby stock lick system - Lime, sulphur, copper, seaweed, salt, dolomite (advised to have in paddock full time with live stock
- Homeopathic kit Complete animal wellness & prevention plus stress management
- Livestock suturing kit Deep wounds mending
- Syringes ranging 10ml-80mls For administering orally & injecting vit & glucose (shoof website)
- Heavy gauge needles Used to administer vit c injectable (shoof website)
- Sharps container To safely dispose of sharps
- Scalpel Think abscess
- Bandages various sizes to cover wounds or stabilise breaks with a splint
- Drench gun To administer vitamins, minerals & red cordial (SHOOF website)
- Iodine udder dispenser Used post milking to seal teat
- Teats & bottles -lamb & calf
- Tube feeder
- Colostrum Frozen or freeze-dried
- Rigid tape or electrical tape Used to splint breaks with poly or sticks
- Natural Farming book Pat Colby ( Vitec website)
- Natural Sheep care Pat Colby
- Natural Cattle Care Pat Colby (Vitec website)
- Natural Goat care Pat Colby (Vitec website)
- Extinostad spray can Organic cert fly prevention spray for strike or wound protection from strike (agriculture store)
- Terimycin pink eye spray/powder This is used topically for the real nasty wounds (use with care & discernment)Not a first stage option
Instructions
MINERALS
- MINERALS can be sourced from most agriculture & fodder stores, the larger quantities you buy the more affordable.
- Vitec website is where we source Pat Colby books, min-key where you can source loose minerals https://www.vitec.com.au
Vitamin Injectables & glucose for packs
- These can be sourced from good agriculture or fodder stores & Local hardware stores.Also found on SHOOF international
BOOKS & RESOURCES
- We aim to continue to post blogs about specific health care, however Pat Colby is a wealth of knowledge for all natural animal care
- Find her books on Vitec website
Syringes & Needles & sharps containers
- We source from SHOOF international, store responsibly
Pro-active health care
- The biggest tip we can give you is don't delay!Care for the animal as soon as physically possible to have the best outcome for them and be consistent