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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