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Back: Starched cloth

Item Name: First Aid to Animals 1969 - 1972

Item ID: FirAni-G

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements September 1963 until June 1972

1. Prepare and explain a schedule for the proper management of at least one farm animal, covering a period of one month, to show what must be done to prevent illness, blemishes, defects, and disease, arising from improper or unsanitary surroundings.

2. Be able to recognize the symptoms and explain the proper treatment for the following:

Horses:

(a) Lameness
(b) Exhaustion from overheating
(c) Distemper

Cows:

(d) Milk fever
(e) Prussic acid poisoning

Sheep:

(f) Foot and mouth disease
(g) Anthrax

Hogs:

(h) Cholera

Dogs:

(i) Distemper
(j) Rabies

3. Explain fully what he would do for the animal in the following emergencies:

(a) Wire cuts
(b) Choking
(c) Colic
(d) Bloat
(e) When a horse falls in stall or on the highway
(f) Cruelty or neglect of domestic animals

4. Demonstrate on an animal how to treat:

(a) A broken bone
(b) A sprain
(c) Serious bleeding
(d) An open sore

5. Present evidence that you have done ONE of the following three projects:

(a) Assisted in the care of an injured or sick animal for a period of at least 4 days

(b) Cooperated with humane society or local officials in behalf of animals

(c) Cooperated with local officials in prevention of hog cholera or other infectious diseases to which farm animals are subject.

This merit badge may be earned as a 4-H'er by completing a club project in that subject or as an FFA member by meeting these requirements through the FFA-supervised farming program.

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