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Needle Type Selection

The Type of needle used will determine how you recover the syringe Plain needles: Many times plain needles do not stay in until the syringe is emptied. Some people know this and increase their drug dosage to cover the loss of medication.  With the smaller syringes (1and 2cc) the animal will probably get all the medication. If using a plain needle the Sideport plain is a good choice. Drop-Off Needles: These needles are mainly used in medicating animals but may still be used when you want the syringe to fall out quickly (for Deer and Bison this is a good choice). In a case were the animal could run off into thick cover or if you do not want the animal to run around with a syringe sticking out of it. Side-Port Type Needles: The benefit of the side delivery system is that the medication is delivered over twice the area of the regular needle. This makes for a smaller injection site and the medication is absorbed much quicker into the system of the animal. Even if the syringe misses its target the syringe can still empty even if it has hit the ground as the point will not be filled will dirt or trash. In urban settings where there is an opportunity for someone finding a lost syringe Side-Port type needles are a good choice. (Animal Controls many times choose this needle for this reason) Small Collar Needles: Small collars may be used for medicating or immobilizing. Many times with young or thin-skinned animals you will have to use the small collar in order for the syringe to stay in until it has emptied (this is especially true with thick medications). In most cases medication used in immobilization is not very thick. These needles will fall out fairly easily but not as easy as Drop-Offs. Large Collar Needles: Large collars are used mainly in immobilization work. There are a few cases where you may have to use the large collar to give medication, such as (on thin skinned animals where you would be using large quantities of a thick medication). Cone Collar Needles: These needles are used ONLY where you want the syringe to stay with the animal until it goes down. Barbed Needles: These needles are used ONLY where you want the syringe to stay with the animal until it goes down, when using a Transmitter Syringe, in cases where the animal might eat or damage the syringe.  Some people try to use barbed needles to overcome their mistake in range judgment, thinking the barb will not bounce out. This assumption is wrong any needle type will bounce out if you hit too hard. Needle Tubing Diameter We offer four different outside diameters of tubing: a. Primate needles in barbed and plain: .057 or 1.45mm b. Regular needles in small, large and cone collar, drop off, barbed and plain: .100 or 2.53mm c. NCL needles in barbed, plain or drop off: .124 or 3.15mm d. NCE needles in plain, barbed and collar: .190 or 4.84mm Collared Needles

Small Collar: These collars are barrel shaped larger in the middle and tapered on the ends. They are .140 or 3.56mm at the thickest part. Large Collar: These collars are of the same shape as the small only larger in the middle. They are .160 or 4.08mm in the thickest part. Cone Collar: These collars are shaped like a (cone) tapering from nothing to a thickness of .185 or 4.71mm on the thick end. NCE Collars: These collars are the same shape as the cone collar only made for the NCE tubing with a thickness of .282 or 7.17mm on the thick end.