Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook

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1. Use 6 lbs. of beef to make one pound of pemmican. Dry, pound and shred the meat.


2. Prepare a casing, such as intestine, by cleaning (strip out contents and boil) and tying one end.


3. Place shredded beef lightly into casing, DO NOT PACK.


4. Render fat by boiling cut up or ground up (preferred) fat. The fat will separate into tallow, the liquefied oil
   from fat, and (cracklings), the fat residue. Cracklings can be eaten.


5. Pour hot tallow into casing which heats the meat and fills the casing. The mixture in the casing should be
   60% tallow and 40% meat. Tie casing closed and seal it by pouring tallow on tied ends.


6. Allow pemmican to harden. Should last for approximately 5 years.

V. Salting and Pickling- Dry salt meat or immerse in a salt solution. Follow guidelines in Curing Section
above. Use 10:1 table salt to saltpeter (potassium nitrate) for both. For pickling, mix 50 pounds of salt and
5 pounds of saltpeter with 20 gallons of water.

VI. Canning and Other Methods- These procedures are effective but require resources and equipment not
readily available in a field environment.

VII. Preservation Records- Record the steps taken during meat preservation. Records should have the
following information at a minimum: meat type, date, source of meat, weight and cut of meat, total time cured
(preserved), wood used and/or type and amount of salt/seasoning/brine used.

What Not To Do:
Do not use meat that is unfit for consumption based on ante- or postmortem exams. Use only potable water.

Vet Medicine: Procedure:

Animal Restraint and Physical Exam

MAJ Joseph Williamson, VC, USA

When: Physical exams are an important part of animal care and ownership. If utilizing animals for the
carrying of equipment, as a food source, or treating them as part of an exercise, examinations should be
conducted in a thorough way using the SOAP format. Handle animals with caution when you examine or
treat them. Insist that owners restrain livestock. Do not attempt restraint without assistance. Apply only the
restraint necessary to perform required tasks.

What You Need: Rope, twitch, nose lead, stethoscope, pen, paper, leather gloves, exam gloves, light
source, rectal thermometer (large animal style preferred)

What To Do: 1. Restraint: Allow owner and/or indigenous persons to handle and restrain the animals as
much as possible. This is probably the most difficult part of the examination and may be the most dangerous.
Use the following to assist the locals in restraining the animal.

Figure 5-23
a. Halter - Fasten a rope loop around the animal’s neck with a
bowline knot to make a temporary rope halter. Pull a bight of
the standing end through the loop from rear to front and place
over the animal’s nose. Pull tight when in use.