Paste dosing.

Date:
1955?]
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Paste dosing. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This film describes a method of applying anthelmintics to sheep in paste form and its advantages over the administration of medicaments by liquid drenching. The use of this method of treatment in other livestock is shown briefly. 2 segments.

Publication/Creation

UK : Wellcome Trust, 1955?]

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (11.37 min.) : sound, color

Duration

00:11:37

Copyright note

Wellcome Trust; 2009

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Unrestricted
CC-BY-NC
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales

Language note

In English

Creator/production credits

Made by Cinechrome Films for Cooper McDougall and Robertson Ltd.

Contents

Segment 1 Sheep are seen in a farm. The male narrator explains that medication has been given to sheep for many years, usually via the 'drenching' method. A farmer is seen giving sheep medication using a drenching gun; he carries a tank on his back and shoots the liquid into the sheep's mouths using a gun. The narrator explains that recently, a better method has been developed. This is the paste dosing method. The narrator explains why it is advantageous: the paste has a better consistency and the dose amount is more accurate. The method is explained; cartridges containing the paste are inserted into a dosing pistol (the 'varidoser'), which is then fired into the sheep's mouth. A farmer doses sheep using this method. A demonstration of the gun is seen, including the paste consistency and amount, the way in which the gun works, how to load and unload the cartridge and how to adjust the dose. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:16:13 Length: 00:05:16:13
Segment 2 A farmer is seen dosing sheep for about two minutes. The narrator says that this method is simple and accurate. Sheep are seen being herded on a hillside. Two farmers dose sheep in this method, again for about two minutes. The dosing of a cow and a pig is also seen. Boxes of the different pastes available are seen in piles: paste for the worming of lambs and ewes, paste for unweened lambs and paste for fluke control. A farmer buys some paste in a pharmacy, climbs into his Land Rover and drives through the village back to his farm. He sets up the varidoser and begins dosing sheep. The narrator repeats that the paste dosing method is simple and safe, and that it is 'here to stay'. Time start: 00:05:16:13 Time end: 00:11:37:14 Length: 00:06:21:01

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