On-farm procedures
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Disposal of dead pigs
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Antibacterial sensitivity tests
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Administrating medicines by injection
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Using the syringe and needle
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The primary sites of injection in pigs
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Administrating medicines topically
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Administrating medicines in-feed
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Hormones
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Rehydration by mouth
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Antibiotic administration into the anterior vagina post-service
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Blood sampling methods available
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Castration of the normal pig
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Castration of the ruptured pig
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Cleaning and disinfection of buildings
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De-tusking a boar
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Docking (tail clipping) piglets
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How to perform a boar epidectomy
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Immune feedback (pre-infection stimulation of immune response)
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Flutter valve and its use
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Hysterectomy – emergency or planned
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Identification – tattooing, slap marking, tagging, etc.
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Injecting piglets with iron
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Lancing an abscess or a haematoma
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Libido checking – training boars to use a stool
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Local anaesthesia
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Mating the sow with the boar
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Penis examination
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Prolapse of the rectum
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Prolapse of the cervix
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Prolapse of the uterus (womb)
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Prostaglandin injections to initiate farrowing
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Restraining the pig
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Sampling milk from a mammary gland with mastitis
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Semen collection and artificial insemination on the farm
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Slaughter – humane destruction
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Stomach tube – how to use one
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Suturing skin and muscle
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Swabbing the nose and tonsils for bacteria
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Syringes and needles and their use
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Teeth clipping
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Temperature recording from the rectum
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Udder – methods of examination
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Umbilical cord – applying a clamp
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Vasectomy
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Treating a vulval haematoma