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Please click on the links below for .... Common Needle Types Needle Type Specifications Needle Length Selection Factors Other Needle Types Common Needle Types STANDARD NEEDLE TYPES Barbed Cone Collar Large Collar Small Collar Drop Off Plain SIDE PORT NEEDLES (SP) Cone Collar SP Large Collar SP Small Collar SP Drop Off SP Needle Type Specifications Barbed Needles ONLY for tranquilizing. Cone Collar Needles ONLY for tranquilizing. Large Collar Needles Mainly for tranquilizing but could also be used for medicating. Small Collar Needles Commonly used in medicating young or thin skin animals. Drop Off Needles Most commonly used needles for medicating. They stay in until the medication is injected then fall out. Plain Needles Can be used for medicating or tranquilizing. However, in most cases, this type needle will come out of the animal before the medication can be completely delivered. Side Port Needles The best Needle for medicating. These have the end of the Needle filled and holes drilled in the side of the Needle Tubing allowing the drug be dispersed over twice the area of a regular needle. Back to top Needle Length Selection Factors Body Weight is the most common factor when choosing Needle length. However, it is usually the least important of those factors that need to be considered. The most important factors are Breed, Season and Medication type. Animals with thick hair and/or a large amount of body fat will require longer Needle lengths than those with thin hair and/or low body fat. In the Fall and Winter most breeds have an increase in hair thickness and body fat that will require longer Needles. Finally, Intramuscular medications will need longer Needles than Subcutaneous medications. The most commonly used Needle lengths are 3/4” for Subcutaneous and 1-1/8” for Intramuscular. Other Needle Types Primate Barbed Primate Plain NCL NCL Plain NML NCE Plain NCE Cone Collar Primate Needles Most commonly for Primates NCL / NML Needles Most commonly used on thick-skinned animals such as the larger African Antelopes, Rhinoceros, Cape Buffalo and Elephants. NCE Needles ONLY for Elephants Back to top