Open AccessA retractable barb needle for drug darts
Author(s) -
G.L. van Rooyen,
P.J. de Beer
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v16i1.892
Subject(s) - dart , mechanism (biology) , action (physics) , drug , aeronautics , computer science , biology , pharmacology , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
The mechanism and action of a new retractable barbneedle for drug darts are described. This dart needle is particularly successful in obviating unnecessary flight reactions andtrauma in darted animals, and facilitates the complete injection of the drug dose before the barb is retracted and the dart is dislogded from the animal. The whole process is completed within a few seconds and the expended dart can usually be retrieved in the immediate vicinity where the animal was darted.