Hello all! Well this is the first time I will be giving vaccines, I know what to give and how much, the only question left is what size needle? Can anyone help?? Thanks! :?
For vaccines you can pretty much use whatever needle size you are comfortable using. I usually use a 20 or 22 gauge needle.
That is the width of the needle, how big the opening is. The bigger the number the smaller the opening.
The diameter of the needle. If you go to a stre such as trator supple and look at the different needles it is very obvious which ones you will like. Some are so thick and HUGE! (not for goats!)
There you go, the word diameter would not come to me this morning. :coffee2: Some of the big ones you may need to eventually use, I have some 16 gauge sitting around for when I really need them, like bloat or giving Calcium SQ. But dang they are big. :shocked:
I use 18 on most everything. It is becasue my stepmother is on Home dialysis and she gets thousands of them sent to her and she could not use them all up. I also keep some 20 on hand.
