Surgical Instruments

Balling Gun

• Used to give pills to animals

Canine Stomach Tube

• Feeding and inserting medication directly to the gut

Cast Cutter

• Removing casts

Currette

• Used to scrape tissue

Ear Notch Punch

• Used to notch ears for identification

Elastrator

• Castration device

Emasuclator

• Castration device

Endotracheal Tube

• Deliver gases or liquids to the airway

Foot Rot Shears

• Cleaning Hoof

Hoof Nippers

• Nippers are used to trim the outgrowth of hoof wall from the hoof.

Hoof Knife

• A hoof knife is for trimming away loose dried-out sole. Do not cut into live flesh or the sole will be sore and may bleed—not a good thing. The hoof knife is also used to trim off loose and ragged frog.

IV Catheter

• Inserting chemicals or fluids into the veins

Knife Steel

• Sharpening knives

Mastitis Infusion Set

• Treat mastitis (disease of milk producing animal’s mammary glands (breasts))

Obstetrical (OB) Snare

• Used to pull or reposition babies for easier birth

OB Chains

• Used to pull babies for easier booth

OB Handles

• Hooks onto OB chain in order to grip it and have an easier birth

Opthalmoscope

• Used to examine eyes

Ostotome

• Bone chisels

Otoscope

• Examine ear and eardrum

Rectal Thermometer

• Take temperature

Resco Nail Trimmer

• Trim nails

Scapel Blades

• Used to make incisions

Scapel Handle

• Used to hold the scapel blades

Splint Rods

• Used to support splints

Staple Remover

• Remove surgical stapler

Stethoscope

• Listen to heart, lungs, etc

Stomach Pump

• Remove poisons from stomach and digestive system

Tattoo Pliers

• Tattoo IDs on animals

Tooth Elevator

• Wedge between tooth and bone

Towel Clamp

• Secure towels during surgery

Urinary Catheter- Feline

• Remove urine from cat

Urinary Catheter- Canine

• Remove urine from dog

Wire Saw/Handles

• Remove a fatal fetus (dead baby) from the reproductive tract

Wound Stapler/Clips

• Close wounds. Used in place of sutures

Boning Knife

• Cut meat away from bone

Cleaver

• Cutting through thin bones

Skinning Knife

• Removing skin from animal

Electric Dehorner

• Removing horns

Gouge Dehorner

• Removing horns

Saw Dehorner

• Removing horns

Tube Dehorner

• Removing horns

Alligator Forceps

• Used for grasping or holding small objects

Mosquito Forceps

• Used for grasping or holding small objects

Thumb Forceps

• Used for grasping or holding small objects

Hemostat Tissue Forceps

• Used for grasping or holding small objects

Human

Vet

Tissue Retractors

• Used to hold back objects while operating

Disposable Needles

• Used draw blood or insert liquids into the body

Needles Holder

• Used to hold suture needles

Suture Needles

• Used to sew wounds together

Vacutainer

• Used to suck blood through the needle in blood draws

Iris Scissors

• Eye surgery

Lister Bandage Scissors

• Cut bandages

Mayo Disecting Scissors

• Disections

Sharp/Blunt Scissors

• Scissors with a sharp edge and a blunt edge

Sharp/Sharp Scissors

• Scissors with two sharp edges

Chromic Catgut Suture

• Used to hold wounds together

Stainless Steel Wire Suture

• Used to hold wounds together

Synthetic Absorbable Suture

• Used to hold wounds together

Automatic Syringe

• Giving injections and medication

Bulb Syringe

• Giving medication either orally or rectally

Disposable Plastic Syringe

• Injections and medication

Dosing Syringe

• Giving medication