Medi-Dart Crossbow Kit Medi-Darts are tools for giving intramuscular or subcutaneous injections to livestock without the need to restrain the animal. Medi-Dart’s unique needle design holds the dart in the animal until the medication is delivered. Once the injection is complete the needle is pushed out of the animal by our patented system. Low stress on your animals. Medi-Dart introduces the world’s most advanced treatment system for large livestock in the field. The Medi-Dart Crossbow is the result of past experience (since 1991), combined with customer requests and proven technology. Producers familiar with our existing products realize fast and low stress treatment of their livestock means less medicine, maximum gains, and a quiet, easy to handle herd. We feel it is a health management system that a producer cannot afford to be without. The Medi-Dart Crossbow enables producers to accurately treat animals at a distance of 15 to 30 feet, as the user becomes familiar with the way that the crossbow shoots, more distance will be possible. The Medi-Dart Crossbow kit comes with 3 intramuscular needles and subcutaneous needles are available. If your cattle have experienced hoof rot, pink eye, pneumonia, retained placenta, or worms, then the Medi-Dart Crossbow kit is a must. No chasing – No restraining Keeps the animal with the herd. Keeps the animal on feed rations. Estimated needle usage: If you are using needles with a crossbow. You can get an average of 30 uses out of the needle. If you are using needles with an extension syringe. You can get an average of 50 uses out of the needle. You can resharpen needles with a file and get more use out of them. Usage estimates are based on correct use of the needles, it excludes misses such as hitting trees. Frequently Asked Questions 1. How does the dart come out of the animal? A stainless steel loop around the needle is attached to a valve behind the needle (inside the syringe). When the needle goes into the animal, the loop is pushed back, opening the valve. The air pressure can then move the plunger ahead to inject the medicine. At the end of the injection the plunger will close the valve and push the loop out, pushing the needle out of the animal. Your dart falls to the ground and you pick it up. How does the medicine get injected? A simple bicycle pump comes with every kit. You simply pump the dart up as you would a football or a basketball. There is no cost per shot. Can the Medi-Dart inject thick medication? The Medi-Dart can inject anything you can inject. How does the needle stay in the animal? The Medi-Dart needle is designed specially. It is machined at the front, so the tip of the needle has a smaller diameter. There are small grooves, like a ring nail (or a screw), that hold the needle in the animal while the shot is being given. How long does it take for the Medi-Dart to give the injection? The injection speed is about 10cc per second. What happens when you miss? If the loop around the needle is not pushed back the valve cannot open, so the injection can not start. The medication will not be wasted. What happens when an animal steps on the dart? Medi-Darts are made with a high impact plastic. Cold temperatures, -30 degrees celcius for example, do not affect its properties. The Medi-Dart will not crack or break should an animal step on it. Does using the Medi-Dart make your cattle wild? Actually the opposite is true. Treating your cattle with the Medi-Dart can reduce the stress factor. With the Medi-Dart, only the animal that needs the shot is affected. Instead of riling up the herd to treat one, you just treat the one. The Medi-Dart is quiet so the animal getting the shot will jump a couple of times, the dart drops off and it can resume life as usual. For example: If you were checking the herd and noticed one that needed a shot of antibiotic you could drive up and treat it. By giving the animal the shot in this method the animal does not associate you with the shot. Is the Medi-Dart hard to maintain? The Medi-Dart comes apart and goes back together easily. It is easy to clean. Can the Medi-Dart give a subcutaneous injection? By changing the intramuscular needle (that comes with the kit) to our subcutaneous needle. The Medi-Dart subcutaneous needle has a solid tip and 2 holes at the side, about ΒΌ of an inch back from the tip. The medication comes out in 2 directions perpendicular to the needle. Shots should be given in the neck. The item “Medi-Dart Crossbow Medicate Livestock Cattle Calves Bulls 40ft Pinkeye Footrot” is in sale since Sunday, August 5, 2018. This item is in the category “Business & Industrial\Agriculture & Forestry\Livestock Supplies\Beef Cattle”. The seller is “petsandvet” and is located in Hawarden, Iowa. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Brand: Medi-Dart
- Model: Crossbow livestock medicate pneumonia
- MPN: WI-0009574