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Elastrator (castrator)-a bloodless method of male castration and docking commonly used for livestock
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Scalpel-a knife with a small, sharp, sometimes detachable blade, as used by a surgeon
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Electric dehorner-remove the horns
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Chemical paste dehorner- calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide. When applied to the horn bud, the paste causes a chemical burn that destroys horn-producing cells
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Ear tagger-a plastic or metal object used for identification of domestic livestock and other animals
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Fence pliers-dig into the wood with a point end while you wait with the hammer as you staple, post to post. ... As with a circular cage made with concrete reinforcement, you will need a bolt cutter or fence pliers to cut it
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Fence staple-A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around. ... A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures. The rancher used staples to attach the barbed wire to the fence-posts.
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Implant gun-implanting an insert or pellet into or below tissue of an animal
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Egg candler-a device used for testing eggs. Candling eggs is a method of testing eggs while they are incubating to determine if they are viable or not
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Insemination straw-involves depositing the husband's or sexual partner's sperm from a specimen
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Insemination rod-involves the same techniques but the sperm is from a donor other than the husband or partner. |
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Microscope-an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times. |
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Liquid Nitrogen tank-Liquid nitrogen is nitrogen in a liquid state at an extremely low temperature. It is a colorless clear liquid with a density of 0.807 g/ml at its boiling point
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Rectal thermometer-Rectal thermometry is an umbrella term covering the practice, widely used in modern medicine and science, of taking a mammal's temperature by inserting a thermometer into the aforementioned mammal's rectum
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Syringe and needles-sterile devices used to inject solutions into or withdraw secretions from the body. A syringe is a calibrated glass or plastic cylinder with a plunger at one and an opening that attaches to a needle. The needle is a hollow metal tube with a pointed tip.
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