Drenching.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 98, 11 September 1908, Page 3

Drenching.

Veterinary surgeons often use the ''Give it as a drench," which means that the medicine is to be in liquid form, put into a strong, rather long-necked bottle, and administered from it to the animal. But there are many who do not know how to accomplish the job without trouble, and possibly a deal of unpleasant labour and vexation. The quiet method is the best with the quiet cow, and it is just as well to dispense with assistance if possible. Assuming- the drencher is right-handed, he should sta.nd on the right front of the cow, pass the left hand over her face,Mnsert the fingers of that hand under her dental pad behind the point where the incisors meet it and elevate the head to the right angle, pass the bottle into the mouth well back over the thick part of the tongue, and let its contents flow regularly and smoothly as fast as the cow cart swallow it. A less complaisant animal may require an assistant to stand on her left side and help to elevate the. head by grasping both horns, while the drencher may grasp the • nasal septum with the fingers, instead of putting them into her mouth. Really refractory animals may require ron -ng. The head should not be elevated higher than is absolutely necessary, and should be released the moment any disnosition to cough or choke becomes apparent. Either the horn or champagne bottle scld by most veterinary instrument makers is very serviceable.