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SPECIES INJECTIONS FELINE & CANINE Techniques can be applied to both canine and feline patients INTRAMUSCULAR SUBCUTANEOUS IM SQ 25-20 Ga 1" needle 25-18 Ga 1" needle LUMBAR / EPAXIAL...

SPECIES INJECTIONS FELINE & CANINE Techniques can be applied to both canine and feline patients INTRAMUSCULAR SUBCUTANEOUS IM SQ 25-20 Ga 1" needle 25-18 Ga 1" needle LUMBAR / EPAXIAL BACK / SHOULDER BLADES Caudal to last rib and "Tent" a fold of skin over the animal's cranial to the wing of the neck or back (between shoulder blades), ilium, lateral to dorsal insert the needle perpendicular to the spinous processes tented skin Locations DISTAL LIMB THIGH Vaccines are injected in the distal limbs. Quadriceps “Tent” the skin of the distal limb and insert Semimembrinosus, Semitendinosus the needle perpendicularly to the skin Cranial OR caudal to the femur with needle Locations pointed caudally, careful to avoid the sciatic nerve Locations LEAVE NEEDLE ATTACHED TO LEAVE NEEDLE ATTACHED TO SYRINGE WHEN INJECTING SYRINGE WHEN INJECTING SPECIES INJECTIONS OVINE & CAPRINE Techniques can be applied to both ovine and caprine patients INTRAMUSCULAR SUBCUTANEOUS IM SQ 21-20 Ga 1" needle 22-18 Ga 1-1.5" needle NECK NECK Triangle : Cranial to shoulder, ventral “Tent” triangle : Cranial to shoulder, to nuchal ligament, dorsal to cervical ventral to nuchal ligament, dorsal to vertebrae cervical vertebrae BEHIND TRICEPS / AXILLA “Tent” skin and insert needle perpendicular to tented skin Location Locations REMOVE NEEDLE FROM SYRINGE WHEN INSERTING INTO MUSCLE, THEN ATTACH LEAVE NEEDLE ATTACHED TO SYRINGE TO INJECT SYRINGE WHEN INJECTING SPECIES INJECTIONS EQUINE INTRAMUSCULAR SUBCUTANEOUS IM SQ 20-18 Ga 1.5" needle NECK Triangle : Cranial to shoulder, ventral to nuchal ligament, dorsal to transverse processes of cervical vertebrae. Most common location for injections. CAUDAL THIGH Rare; usually used for local SEMIMEMBRINOSUS, SEMITENDINOSUS Ventral to the tuber Ischia, dorsal to the anesthesia or nerve blocks gastrocnemius tendon, axial to the lateral thigh Location Location REMOVE NEEDLE FROM SYRINGE WHEN INSERTING INTO MUSCLE, THEN ATTACH SYRINGE TO INJECT SPECIES INJECTIONS BOVINE INTRAMUSCULAR SUBCUTANEOUS IM SQ 18 Ga 1.5 needle 20-18 Ga 1-1.5" needle NECK NECK Triangle : Cranial to shoulder, ventral “Tent” triangle : Cranial to shoulder, to nuchal ligament, dorsal to cervical ventral to nuchal ligament, dorsal to vertebrae cervical vertebrae BEHIND TRICEPS / AXILLA “Tent” skin and insert needle perpendicular to tented skin Location REMOVE NEEDLE FROM SYRINGE WHEN Locations INSERTING INTO MUSCLE, THEN ATTACH LEAVE NEEDLE ATTACHED TO SYRINGE TO INJECT SYRINGE WHEN INJECTING