Adrenacaine for disbudding
- Thread starter Samcowman
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- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Shortage!
Always used 2ml per side here for calves and 4ml for dehorning adult cattle.
Try rubbing 1ml into your finger tips, it's very effective!
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
We are the same, 2ml per side.
used to use 2ml but increased it to 4ml this year. seems to have a better success rate, its only a few pence more. this might be down to poor technique though
had to use a different product last week for our last 7 calves as our vets have run short of adrenacaine
and our keeping what they have for c sections.
they gave us lidocaine instead, which worked ok, but not as good, and i think its more expensive.
had to use a different product last week for our last 7 calves as our vets have run short of adrenacaine
and our keeping what they have for c sections.
they gave us lidocaine instead, which worked ok, but not as good, and i think its more expensive.
Gettin by
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- Location
- Cornwall England
Enquired this week and was ‘allowed ‘ to buy a couple of bottles for suckled calves as few alternatives. Dairy boys might struggle which makes me think that ‘suckling calves’ is the key phrase [emoji6]
Following news of the recent shortage of local anaesthetic procaine hydrochloride products (Willcain, Dechra Pharmaceuticals and Adrenacaine, Norbrook Laboratories Limited), vets are being encourage to use techniques requiring the smallest volumes of the drug whilst stocks are scare...
The product is expected to be out of stock for the medium term, ie weeks to months.
https://www.vetstream.com/news/news/bovis-news/shortage-of-procaine-hydrochloride-products
The product is expected to be out of stock for the medium term, ie weeks to months.
https://www.vetstream.com/news/news/bovis-news/shortage-of-procaine-hydrochloride-products
We were allowed 1 bottle from the vets. Everywhere else doesn’t have any in so I’d get some bought. @holwellcourtfarm
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Speaking to a vet last week said they can still get it from medical suppliers, its just in smaller vials.
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Dad said our local merchant looked to have plenty in stock, he still brought a bottle after I'd told him about a shortage.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I’ll stick to dehorning paste at tagging.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
- Location
- East Sussex
None about in this area hardly at all. Won’t be any available for three months at the earliest apparently.
Does anyone know the true reason it was recalled?
Does anyone know the true reason it was recalled?
- Location
- Somewhere in time
I couldn't get any today, vets keeping it for their own use
Farmer1001
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Just seen this, I've never used paste but would do anything to avoid the dehorning if possible, I can do it clean as a whilst but hate the job! What paste do you use, any good tips etc would be appreciated?
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
It didn’t work?
This is a huge batch recall, so the shortage is E.U. wide - at least.
wellingtonfarmer
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- Location
- Herefordshire
What about not using any! I read an article once about calves becoming more stressed from being handled twice!
- Location
- East Tyrone
I got a couple of bottles from the vets a fortnight ago, they had a shelf full of it. Had heard that Norbrook were cleaning the plant.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
https://apfarmsupplies.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/APS-Catalogue-2018.pdf Search for paste. Page 76 I think.
When you’re tagging the calf at day or two old:
Trim the hair with a beard trimmer - space the size of a large stamp.
Put a pea sized spot of paste on. Wear gloves for this part.
Stick a 2” square of duct tape on top.
Let the calf go.
Be prepared to have a few not 100% the first year, but you will learn (take notes) and be grand in the second year.